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Teadust-glazed vases of this elegant form and with tassel This vase is especially attractive for its lustrous and deep
handles are rare. Only one comparable handled vase, also with teadust glaze. This type of glaze was an eighteenth century
an attractive glaze and an incised Qianlong seal mark, appears innovation, probably introduced in the last years of the
to be known, sold in our London rooms, 17th November 1999, Yongzheng Emperor’s reign (1723-1735), and was made with
lot 775. the precipitation of yellow crystal that stands out against a
dark green background producing what is known as chayemo
Handled teadust vases are more commonly known modelled
or ‘tea-leaf dust’ glaze effect. Perfectly fired vessels in this
with broader necks in the shape of archaic bronze hu, such
glaze such as this vase have many small stipples that make the
as a Qianlong mark and period vase in the Baur collection,
glaze appear particularly rich and velvety to the touch.
illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva. Chinese
Ceramics, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. 296; and two sold in these
rooms, the first 8th October 2010, lot 2633, and the second,
4th April 2012, lot 3102. Compare also a Qianlong vase of
similar globular form, but decorated in gilt over a blue ground,
from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum.
Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 94.

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