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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

Property from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman
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A LARGE BLACK-GLAZED
BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
17º in. (43.8 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York,
before 1977.
The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part
III - Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass
and Jade Carvings; Christie's New York, 19 March
2015, lot 416.

高曼珍藏
清康熙 烏金釉長頸瓶
Ϝ源
安思遠珍藏，紐☼，1977年ע
Ǘ錦瑟華年 安思遠私́珍藏ⓧ˕部ֱ：中४工藝
★品 Ŷ 清代瓷器Ǐ料器及玉雕ǘ 紐☼ωૈ得，2015
年3月19日，拍品編號416

Property from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman
858
A RARE PAIR OF SMALL CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED A pair of very similar dishes, also bearing Yongzheng marks within
DISHES double squares, is illustrated by P. Y, K. Lam, Shimmering Colours:
Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 140, no. 72, and another pair, described
as having a ‘pale cobalt-blue glaze’, in the Percival David Foundation of
Each 5º in. (13.3 cm.) diam.
Chinese Art is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing
$60,000-80,000 Monochrome, London, 1973, Section 6, nos. B560 and 561. Another dish
in the Nanjing Museum is illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the
PROVENANCE:
Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 40. See,
Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 244.
also, a similar example, also with the Yongzheng mark within a double
square, in Marchant: Nine Decades in Chinese Art, sold at Christie’s
New York, 14 September 2017, lot 743.
The beautiful, clear bluish glaze of the present dishes is inspired by the
legendary Ru glaze of the Song dynasty. Traditionally much admired by
高曼珍藏
Chinese connoisseurs, the Ru glaze was copied on porcelain as early
as the 15th century. Excavations at the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen 清雍正 天藍釉盤ˏ對 雙方框Ս字楷書款
Ϝ源
have revealed that Ru-type glazes were made for the Ming imperial
court. In 1984 a porcelain bowl with inverted rim and Ru-type glaze 紐☼ωૈ得，2004年3月24日，拍品編號244
was excavated from the Xuande stratum at the imperial kilns, and is
illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods
Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen,
Urban Council Hong Kong, 1989, pp. 276-7, no. 97. The imitation of this
revered glaze became even more popular at court in the 18th century
under the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors.
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