A WHITE-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A WHITE-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase is well-potted with a high broad shoulder below a short, waisted neck, and tapers elegantly towards the slightly flared foot. It is covered overall in a transparent glaze stopping neatly around the unglazed foot rim.

13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Limited Oriental Works of Art, London, 2 July 1973.
Property of a Private European Collector.

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Lot Essay

Compare the current lot to a slightly smaller example (28 cm.) dated to the Kangxi/Yongzheng period from the collection of Professor E. T. Hall, sold at Christie's London 7 June 2004, lot 135. Also see an earlier Ming example with anhua decoration, dated to the Yongle period, in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Monochrome Porcelain, Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1999 , p. 108, no. 99.

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