A FINE AND RARE GE-TYPE-GLAZED VASE, HU

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A FINE AND RARE GE-TYPE-GLAZED VASE, HU
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The pear-shaped vase is moulded on the shoulder with a raised rib and flanked with a pair of moulded monster-masks with mock-ring handles, below the waisted neck with a band of large leaves pendent from the flared rim, covered overall with a grey glaze of even tone suffused with a darker crackle, the foot ring dressed in a dark brown wash
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high, stand, Japanese box

Lot Essay

Previously sold in these Rooms, 30 October 2001, lot 833. A very similar vase was also sold in these Rooms, 29 September 1992, lot 555.
The present Yongzheng period vase indicates a revival of shape and glaze of earlier periods. The form itself is from taken from a bronze of the Western Han dynasty, such as the example excavated from the tomb of the King of Nanyue, illustrated in Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua Dacidian, Qingtongjuan (bronzes), Shanghai Cishu chubanshe, 1995, p. 301, no. 1081; whilst the glaze is simulating the famous crackled Ge glaze of the Song period.

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