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A RARE SMALL FLAMBÉ-GLAZED GARDEN SEAT 38
Early 19th century
Of barrel-form, covered all under a rich flambé glaze
of a vibrant red tone streaked with darker patches and
highlighted with lavender splashes around the convex
top, thinning to a light beige at the pierced cash
symbol.
23.8cm (9 1/3in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000

十九世紀初 窯變釉小坐墩

Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection

來源： 歐洲顯赫私人收藏

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A RARE BARBED-RIM ‘OIL SPOT’ GLAZED
WASHER
18th century
The everted sides rising to the wide flat barbed rim, the
black glaze densely suffused with a myriad of silvery
‘oil spots’ covering the interior and slightly spilling over
the rim onto the exterior, all raised on three low ruyi-
shaped feet.
17.8cm (7in) wide

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000
CNY39,000 - 58,000

十八世紀 仿建窯油滴棱口三足洗

Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection

來源： 歐洲顯赫私人收藏

The form and decoration of the present lot are inspired
by Song dynasty wares: the shape of a junyao glazed
‘narcissus’ bowl and the ‘oil spot’ glaze seen on
bowls.

The 18th century saw renewed interest and technical
‘re-discovery’ of forms and glazes, mostly produced
during the Song dynasty. Taking inspiration from
previous eras was a symbolic representation of
drawing moral virtues of those period, and arguably an
assimilative tool of the Manchu Qing dynasty, asserting
their understanding and appreciation of the Han
Chinese scholarship and culture.

For a related 18th century washer of similar form,
inspired by other Song dynasty glazes see a junyao-
type glazed washer, Yongzheng seal mark and period,
from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999,
pl.178, and for a ge-type glazed example, Qianlong
seal mark and period, see one sold at Christie’s
London, 13 May 2014, lot 408.

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