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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN FAMILY 歐洲家族藏品 The so called ‘Teadust’ glaze was first produced in the Yongzheng
Lots 26 - 32 period, using the same metallic colourant as Imperial yellow glazes (iron
oxide). Depending on the firing conditions, the glaze might fire a lighter
26 * yellowish brown, called ‘eel yellow’, or a greener hue, called ‘snakeskin
green’. The monochrome glaze complements the form of the porcelain,
A RARE TEADUST-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE perhaps inspired by metalwork, especially archaic bronze forms.
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tapering neck Compare with a similar Qianlong seal mark and period bottle of this
and everted rim, covered overall in an olive-green coloured glaze form and glaze, illustrated in The Prime Cultural Relics Collected
flecked with a fine yellow mist, the base with a six-character seal mark by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum, vol.II, Liaoning, 2007, p.41.
beneath a brown glaze. See another similar vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period,
18.8cm (7 3/8in) high. illustrated in Art of China: highlights from the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, London, 2018, p.200, no.79. See also Porcelains from the
£15,000 - 20,000 Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.162. See also an
CNY130,000 - 180,000 example included in the exhibition Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases
of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang Collection, 2007, Hong Kong,
清乾隆 茶葉末釉長頸瓶 no.64; and a vase illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the
「大清乾隆年製」篆書模款 Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, no.935, which was later
sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 6.
Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent
See also a similar teadust-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and
來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今 of the period, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 April 2017,
lot 3668.

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