A BLUE-GLAZED ALTAR VESSEL AND COVER, DENG
GUANGXU INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The strongly potted stembowl raised on a stemfoot with a spreading base, fitted with a domed cover surmounted by a spherical knop finial, moulded in shallow relief around the bowl and cover with archaistic motifs and key-fret, all covered with a rich purplish-blue glaze pooling in the recesses
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Yangzhitang Collection, sold in our Singapore Rooms, 30 March 1997, lot 340
Exhibited
Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue no. 147 Imperial Porcelain of Late Ch'ing from the Kwan Collection, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1985, Catalogue no. 147
Lot Essay
A Jiaqing-marked vessel of similar form was included in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Exhibition of Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, 1980, Catalogue, no. 3.