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913 A TEADUST-GLAZED GU-FORM VASE 清Գ隆ǭ茶葉末釉㈓式≡ǭ六字篆書刻款
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795) Ϝ源
The vase rises from a splayed foot to the raised mid-section and +BNFT " +PIOTPO舊藏
明尼阿波利斯
+VMJBO (BO[֖儷Ⅷ藏
洛杉╜
a flaring neck, and is covered overall in an opaque glaze of finely
藍理捷
紐約
編號
mottled, dark yellowish-green color that continues into the interior
and also covers the base, with the foot rim covered with a dark
brown wash.
7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) high, cloth box
$150,000-200,000
PROVENANCE:
Estate of James A. Johnson, Minneapolis.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Ganz, Los Angeles.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4691.

The shape of this elegantly potted vase follows that of the archaic
bronze gu from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. This adaption,
however, is molded without any of the complex motifs normally
found on archaic bronzes, which accentuates the graceful contours
of the vase and accentuates the rich glaze. Vases of this form were
made in various glaze colors during the Yongzheng and Qianlong
reigns, but those applied with teadust glaze are rare. A similar
Qianlong teadust-glazed gu in the National Palace Museum, is
illustrated in Monochrome Porcelains of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Taipei,
1981, colour pl. 30. Another Qianlong teadust-glazed gu molded
with flanges on the body is in the Baur Collection and illustrated
in The Baur Collection- Chinese Ceramics, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972,
pl. A395.

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