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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION 清乾隆 仿汝釉雙耳罐
COLLECTION
AN EXTREMELY RARE RU-IMITATION JAR 《大清乾隆年製》款
AN INCISED CELADON-GLAZED ‘LINGZHI’ SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
DISH the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue 來源
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG Height 5¼ in., 14 cm 1940年代得於中國，此後家族傳承
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within
a double circle PROVENANCE
Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.6 cm Acquired in China in the 1940s, and thence by descent.
The present jar is a fine example of monochrome porcelain
PROVENANCE of the Qianlong period and alludes to the Emperor’s deep
Christie’s Hong Kong, 26th April 1999, lot 675 (part lot). appreciation and respect for the past. While its luminous
A closely related Yongzheng reign-marked dish was included glaze features a subtle network of crackles in imitation of the
in the exhibition Shimmering Colours, Monochromes of the fabled Ru wares of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127),
Yuan to Qing Periods. The Zhuyuetang Collection, The Chinese its form represents an adaptation of the archaic bronze pou
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 86; and shape. Pleasing to the eye and soft at the touch, the gentle
another, from the collection of Peter W. Hyui, is illustrated in curves of this vase testify to the craftsmen’s ability to soften
Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong the somewhat austere archaic bronze shape to suit the
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 74. Compare sophisticated taste of the Qianlong Emperor.
also two recently sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th July
2020, lot 3101 and 9th October 2020, lot 27. $ 30,000-50,000

$ 12,000-15,000
清雍正 粉青釉劃靈芝紋盤
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《大清雍正年製》款
來源
香港佳士得1999年4月26日，編號675 (其一)

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED MOON FLASK
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
the base incised with a four-character seal mark
Height 10 in., 25.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1st-2nd December 1977, lot 467.
⊖ $ 8,000-12,000

清雍正 窰變釉雙耳抱月瓶
《雍正年製》款
來源
香港蘇富比1977年12月1至2日，編號467

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