A PALE CELADON-GLAZED SLENDER BALUSTER VASE, GANLANPING

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A PALE CELADON-GLAZED SLENDER BALUSTER VASE, GANLANPING
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase has an elegantly rounded body that tapers towards the slightly spreading foot and rises to a waisted and slightly flared rim. The exterior is covered with an attractive pale celadon glaze in contrast to the white rim and interior.
15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in a private European collection amassed in the mid 20th Century.

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Lot Essay

Compare with a similar pair of vases with ormulu mounts with crown C marks dated to 1745, in The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London. One of the pair is illustrated by Soame Jenyns in, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1971, pl. XCVI. There is a smaller example in The Victoria and Albert Museum, Salting Bequest, c429-1910 and another is illustrated by Professor Bo Gyllensvärd in, The Tectus Collection of Chinese Ceramics, 1991, p. 226-227, no. 90.

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