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349 The current vase is modelled after Song dynasty vases of the same form,
which drew inspiration from the shape of archaic jade cong from the
A RARE GUAN-TYPE GLAZED CONG-FORM VASE Neolithic period. The design of the present vase, with its unusual moulded
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE inverted U-shaped motif on each facet and the additional apertures, is
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) particularly rare. On many archaistic ceramic forms of the Qing period,
perforations are applied on the outer side of the circular foot in imitation of
清乾隆 仿官釉八卦紋穿帶琮 六字篆書款 archaic bronze shapes, such as those found in Guan-glazed hu-shaped vases
from the Song dynasty. A Guan-glazed Qianlong-marked vase of the same
The vase is sturdily potted and delicately moulded to each side with an moulded design and perforations on the outside of the ring foot, from the
inverted U-shaped scroll which separates the notches to the corners. There Carl Kempe Collection, was sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 15 December 2011, lot
are four small rounded apertures on one side and two larger ones on the short 98. Other examples of cong-shape but moulded with trigrams are known,
spreading ring foot, possibly for suspension. It is covered overall in an unctuous such as the Qianlong-marked Ge-glazed vase illustrated by Peter Y. K. Lam,
celadon glaze with dark grey crackles. Ethereal Elegance, Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang
Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007,
11¡ in. (28.9 cm.) high pp. 172-173, no. 45.

£30,000-50,000 $46,000-76,000 來源: 亞洲重要私人珍藏
€41,000-68,000

PROVENANCE:

From the collection of an important Asian collector.

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