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The shape of the current vase is inspired by mallet-form vases from Several other peacock-glazed vessels in important collections are
the Song dynasty, such as a Ding example in the Percival David known, such as the Yongzheng-marked zun from the J. M. Hu
Foundation illustrated by S. Pierson and S.F.M. McCausland, Song and C. P. Lin Collections, illustrated by R. E. Scott, Elegant Form
Ceramics: Objects of Admiration, London, 2003, pp. 20-21, no. 1; and and Harmonious Decoration, Singapore and London, 1992, pl. 151; a
a Guan example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated Qianlong jar of 'fish basket' form is illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng
in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Kuan Ware, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Forbidden
Taipei, 1989, p. 66, pl. 24. A Yongzheng mark and period Ge-type City Publishing House, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 457, no. 139; and a
mallet vase was sold at Christie's New York, 24-25 March 2022, moonflask with this glaze is illustrated in An Exhibition of Important
lot 1048. (Fig. 1) Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, Christie's London,
1993, no. 48, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006,
A very similar ‘robin’s egg'-glazed mallet vase with a similar lot 1305. Also, see, a rare Yongzheng-marked robin's-egg-glazed
incised four-character seal mark on the base in the collection of the pear-shaped vase from the Baofang Pavillion Collection of Imperial
National Museum of China is illustrated in Studies of the Collections Ceramics, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 2807.
of the National Museum of China: Porcelains, Qing Dynasty, Shanghai,
2007, p. 103, no. 67. See, also, the very similar ‘robin’s egg’ mallet
vase sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Monochrome II, 9 October 2020,
lot 37.
Fig. 1 Ge-type mallet vase, Yongzheng mark and period, sold at Christie’s New York, 24-25 March 2022, lot 1048.
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