Page 152 - Important Chiense Ceramics and Works of Art, Christie's.pdf

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
2960
A GE-TYPE GLAZED VASE, FANGHU ᪺㢫᢬ Ͳ߀㕳ἅ‎ᑝ૑ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 㙁௛֎᳖༈Ƕ㇛᳖ऒ㦷Ƿ࣍ՀࢦᏒ㖊Ǹᶴ℡∪ᙹ೭ǹ✙଍⩧
ㅳ卿⩧ऑ㛑㖅ᶴᙹ೭࠼㱈୪⡠卿㇏Ꮴ଍㕇ᝤἃ⡵㪿卿ἃཐ㇦⎏
The vase is moulded with a scroll border at the mouth and two
fixed-ring mask handles applied to the shoulder that flank the tall 㫇᫈໶⚨֎ऒ≢଍৅♎ǯ㙁௛⛘ⴃ卿㘻㵲ᙼ֎ড়㞏卿ഌ଍ཎ㧷
neck. The vase is covered overall with a greyish-celadon glaze ‷卿㞖⢵⦤⡿卿㦜⤇⠈೧卿㞖⢵㦜⤇⯇὞㘻ᜩǯ଍ᄓ㬪Ɽ❨ᝧ
suffused with black and golden crackles, with the exception of the Ǹഌ᳖㫇᫈ჺㅳǹݪໃ᪪ǯ㫇᫈ᛞឆऔᝳ֎ড়㞏଍⯝᫉ᙹ೭इ
foot rim applied with a dark brown wash. ឬ㯸ַ卿जࣻ㇦࢈՗ᘢ༈Ꮢ⻦Ԡ֎ড়㞏ऒ㠩⡠ᙹཉ卿㖊ᙻǶᘢ
14 æ in. (37.5 cm.) high, box ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀 㯭ⰰ㞏Ƿ卿✄ ݺ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿
HK$2,600,000-4,000,000 US$340,000-510,000 㮰 卿⤔⽚ ǯऔ㇦Ӭ֎ড়㞏ཉ卿ݯ೭ᆨ߰ࣿ⡠㱈ऱᴹᙻ㬪
㠩೭卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚங㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
The present vase is modelled after the prototype from
the Qing-dynasty Xiqing gujian (Catalogue of the Xiqing
Antiquities), vol. 20, “Han shou huan fanghu “ (fanghu with
monster-mask handles from Han dynasty). The mouth is more
decorative than the Han-dynasty fanghu, which complements
the elegance of the vessel’s shape. This is a rare example of
antiquarianism from the Yongzheng official kilns. Compare
to other ge-type glazed vessels with similar form and design,
see one from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
Monochrome Porcelain, vol. 37, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 249, no.
227. Also compare to a Yongzheng hu vase with a pear-shaped
body sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1488.

150