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A FINE AND VERY RARE TEADUST-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR VASE
- YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND VERY RARE TEADUST-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR VASE
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
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    $400,000 - $600,000

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Sale 2297
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
26 March 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





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A FINE AND VERY RARE TEADUST-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR VASE
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Raised on a low, elegantly splayed foot, the compressed body encircled by a pair of bow-string bands and rising to a tapered neck and flared, rounded rim, covered overall and on the base with a finely mottled teadust glaze, the foot rim covered in a brown wash
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

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Property From a Private West Coast Collection

Provenance

Private Japanese collection, acquired in the early 1980s.

Lot Notes

During the reigns of the Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors there was significant experimentation at the imperial kilns to increase the range of fine monochrome wares. Subsequently, during the early- to mid-18th century, the number of different monochrome glazes produced at Jingdezhen expanded considerably. The aim was not only to produce attractive colors, but also to achieve interesting textures.

Noted for its matte texture and subdued color, cha ye mo, or teadust glaze, was used as early as the Tang dynasty on ewers and small cups produced at the Yaozhou kilns. However, it was not until the early 18th century, during the reign of the Yongzheng emperor, that the glaze was used on a wide scale.

The exaggerated, compressed form of this exceptional vase is extremely rare, and given the challenges it would have presented to the potter, it is perhaps not surprising that so few examples have survived into the present day. Only one other Yongzheng-marked vase of this particular shape and approximate size appears to be recorded - a pale celadon-glazed example from the Robert Chang Collection, and formerly from the J.M. Hu Family Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2 November 1999, lot 518. A Yongzheng-marked flambé-glazed vase of similar shape, but of slightly smaller size (24 cm. high), and with three sets of bow-string bands around the neck below a slightly dished mouth, is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong - Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 279, no. 108.

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