Lot Essay
No other vases of this particular form or decoration appear to have been published
Refer, however, to the Qianlong vase with similarly angled shoulders and narrow base, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 351, no. 32. Compare, also, the pink-ground Qianlong vase with sharply angled shoulders but a longer neck in the John Morrison Collection, illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. CVI, no. 2
For pieces with comparable decorative bands see the Qianlong vase with a very similar lappet band encircling the foot illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Daxi; Qingdai Taoci Daquan (Chinese Ceramics Series; Qing Dynasty Ceramics), Taipei, 1989, p. 243. See, also, the similar ruyi band below the neck of the "lantern-shaped" famille rose vase illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, op. cit., p. 353, no. 34
The motif of a phoenix amidst scrolling peony was a popular Qing subject. A pair of Yongzheng "soldier" vases with this subject was included in the exhibition, Chinese Glass and Export Porcelain, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, October 8 - November 9, 1996, Catalogue, no. 57, where the authors mention that the combination of the dragon and the phoenix forms the rebus for "a perfect match", but that the peony could replace the dragon in this context as a flower of the yang principle. A Yongzheng meiping with a soaring phoenix and dragon amid peony scrolls was included in the exhibition, Imperial Life in the Qing Dynasty, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, Catalogue, p. 86
Refer, however, to the Qianlong vase with similarly angled shoulders and narrow base, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 351, no. 32. Compare, also, the pink-ground Qianlong vase with sharply angled shoulders but a longer neck in the John Morrison Collection, illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. CVI, no. 2
For pieces with comparable decorative bands see the Qianlong vase with a very similar lappet band encircling the foot illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Daxi; Qingdai Taoci Daquan (Chinese Ceramics Series; Qing Dynasty Ceramics), Taipei, 1989, p. 243. See, also, the similar ruyi band below the neck of the "lantern-shaped" famille rose vase illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, op. cit., p. 353, no. 34
The motif of a phoenix amidst scrolling peony was a popular Qing subject. A pair of Yongzheng "soldier" vases with this subject was included in the exhibition, Chinese Glass and Export Porcelain, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, October 8 - November 9, 1996, Catalogue, no. 57, where the authors mention that the combination of the dragon and the phoenix forms the rebus for "a perfect match", but that the peony could replace the dragon in this context as a flower of the yang principle. A Yongzheng meiping with a soaring phoenix and dragon amid peony scrolls was included in the exhibition, Imperial Life in the Qing Dynasty, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, Catalogue, p. 86