A Pale Celadon-Glazed Meiping Yongzheng Mark and Period

well-potted with a tapering body elegantly rising to a rounded shoulder beneath a short waisted neck, covered overall with an attractive pale celadon glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double-circle, wood stand

Berwald Oriental Art, London, 20th June 1991.

The meiping is in very good condition. It should be noted that the glaze is of a warmer celadon tone than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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Yongzheng mark and period meiping of this unusual short and broad form are extremely rare although a closely related pair, similarly covered in an even glaze of celadon green, are illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramcis from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. 2, London, 1994, pl. 858.