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A RARE LARGE GE-TYPE HU-FORM VASE The glaze on this vase is based on one of the five famous wares of the Song
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD dynasty—Ge ware. All five (the other four being Ru, Guan, Ding and Jun) were
(1736-1795) greatly admired by the emperors of the high Qing, and during the Yongzheng
reign much research and development was undertaken in order to reproduce
12¡ in. (31.5 cm) high, Japanese wood box
these glazes on the porcelains made at the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. Like
his father, the Qianlong Emperor was fascinated by antiques and encouraged
$150,000-250,000 the craftsmen working for the court to reproduce them. The fondness for
antiquarianism is also evident in the shape, as this vase is potted after an
PROVENANCE: archaic bronze hu vessel with a broad waisted neck and ribbed globular body.
Osaka Bijitsu Club auction, early 20th century. Monochrome vases of this type have been recorded with a variety of crackle
Tsuchihashi Collection, Tokyo. glazes, including one Guan-type example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28
Kyoto Bijitsu Club auction, before World War II.
November 2005, lot 1327, and a Ru-type example exhibited in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, Special Exhibition of Qing Dynasty Monochrome
清̖隆ǎ仿哥釉鋪首耳ૐǎՍ字篆書款
Glazed Porcelain, 1981, no. 88. See also the Yongzheng-marked blue and
Ϝ源 white example sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 11 April 2008, lot 3067.
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(with box and Osaka Bijitsu and Kyoto Bijitsu auction labels)