Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A flambé-glazed handled vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 窰變釉雙耳瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款
Auction Closed
March 22, 08:01 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A flambé-glazed handled vase
Seal mark and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 窰變釉雙耳瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款
the base incised with a six-character seal mark, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 8½ in., 21.7 cm
Tanisho, Kanazawa (by repute).
谷庄，金沢（傳）
Flambé glazes derive from the Jun wares of the Song dynasty, a glaze that was first revived during the Yongzheng period and remained popular throughout the Qing dynasty.
Compare a flambé-glazed vase of this type, in the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Xiong Liao, Beauty of Ceramics. Gems of the Official Kilns, Taipei, 1993, pl. 147; and another included in the exhibition Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art Assembled by Yamanaka & Company, Inc., Yamanaka & Company, Inc., New York, 1943, no. 915. See a further example from the Marie Theresa L. Virata Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 16th March 2017, lot 614; and another from the Hosokawa clan, sold in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3111. For a Yongzheng prototype of this vase, see one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 21st September 2004, lot 316.
Compare a flambé-glazed vase of this type, in the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Xiong Liao, Beauty of Ceramics. Gems of the Official Kilns, Taipei, 1993, pl. 147; and another included in the exhibition Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art Assembled by Yamanaka & Company, Inc., Yamanaka & Company, Inc., New York, 1943, no. 915. See a further example from the Marie Theresa L. Virata Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 16th March 2017, lot 614; and another from the Hosokawa clan, sold in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3111. For a Yongzheng prototype of this vase, see one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 21st September 2004, lot 316.