Lot Essay
The mottled red and turquoise glaze compares favourably to the base of a 'peacock-feather' glazed vase included in the joint exhibition from the Collections of the Percival David Foundation and C.P. Lin, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Catalogue, no. 151
Vases of this kind are sometimes called denglong zun, lantern vases. Cf. a similar Qianlong robin's-egg-glazed vase in the Musée Guimet, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, 1981, vol. 7, no. 184; and another in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, included in Keitokuchin Jiki, pl. 88; and another in the Special Exhibition of of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Catalogue, no. 93.
A similar vase sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 805
Vases of this kind are sometimes called denglong zun, lantern vases. Cf. a similar Qianlong robin's-egg-glazed vase in the Musée Guimet, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, 1981, vol. 7, no. 184; and another in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, included in Keitokuchin Jiki, pl. 88; and another in the Special Exhibition of of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Catalogue, no. 93.
A similar vase sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 805