YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A RARE PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED FLOWER VASES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each vase has a compressed pear-shaped body supported on a short slightly tapering foot, covered overall in a lustrous glaze of soft celadon tone, thinning along the mouth rim and pooling around the foot ring.

2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 10 June 1997, lot 83.

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Sotheby's London, 10 June 1997, lot 83.

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Lot Essay

Compare the present lot to a very similar Yongzheng mark and period flower holder in the Percival David Collection at the British Museum in London, published by Rosemary Scott in The Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, p. 57. Also see a celadon-glazed example with a Qianlong mark, decorated with flower scrolls, in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, illustrated in the Museum's exhibition Qingdai Danse You Ciqi Tezhan, Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 93.

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