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Lot Essay
Although Qianlong-marked teadust-glazed vases of this general form are well known, smaller examples are very rare, and the current vase further distinguishes itself with its unusually fine and even glaze.
A teadust-glazed vase of similar small size and proportions is illustrated by J Ayers in Chinese Ceramics and the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, no. 297. Another is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 917. A related Qianlong-marked vase of this form, but of the more common larger size lacking the flaring mouth, from the T.Y. Chao Collection, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 294; and another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R. Kerr in Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, 1986, no. 25.
A teadust-glazed vase of similar small size and proportions is illustrated by J Ayers in Chinese Ceramics and the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, no. 297. Another is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 917. A related Qianlong-marked vase of this form, but of the more common larger size lacking the flaring mouth, from the T.Y. Chao Collection, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 294; and another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R. Kerr in Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, 1986, no. 25.