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Lot Essay
Margaret Medley in 'The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Ch'ing Dynasty, T.O.C.S., vol. 31, 19657-59, pp. 95-105, pl. 39a, illustrates a blue-glazed dou and cover with Qianlong marks in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and notes, p. 100, that in the Winter Solstice sacrifice held in the Temple of Heaven in 1748, blue porcelain vessels were used for the first time, as stipulated by Emperor Qianlong, and that these sacrificial rites continued throughout the Qing dynasty.
Two blue-glazed stem bowls and covers with Qianlong marks are illustrated in The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 12, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (II), no. 155. A Qianlong-marked blue glazed dou and cover was sold at Christie's Hong Kong 7 July 2003, lot 609; and a Daoguang-marked example was sold at Christie's New York, 15-16 September 2011, lot 1611. A similarly glazed Xianfeng-marked dou and cover, with different molded decoration and a plain loop handle on the cover, is illustrated in Shimmering Colours - Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods: The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 132-33, no. 65.
Two blue-glazed stem bowls and covers with Qianlong marks are illustrated in The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 12, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (II), no. 155. A Qianlong-marked blue glazed dou and cover was sold at Christie's Hong Kong 7 July 2003, lot 609; and a Daoguang-marked example was sold at Christie's New York, 15-16 September 2011, lot 1611. A similarly glazed Xianfeng-marked dou and cover, with different molded decoration and a plain loop handle on the cover, is illustrated in Shimmering Colours - Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods: The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 132-33, no. 65.