Lot 817
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A FINE AND RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC RITUAL VESSEL, JUE
A FINE AND RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC RITUAL VESSEL, JUE
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A FINE AND RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC RITUAL VESSEL, JUE

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details
A FINE AND RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC RITUAL VESSEL, JUE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm.) wide, boxes
Provenance
Robert Chang (1927-2024) Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Imperial Wares from the Robert Chang Collection, 2 November 1999, lot 507
Literature
Christie's, An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 112-113, no. 50
Exhibited
London, Christie's, An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 2-14 June 1993, cat. no. 50

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Lot Essay

The vessel is delicately potted in the shape of an archaic bronze jue, with two short posts at the rims and a C-shaped handle to one side, all covered in a rich lustrous aubergine glaze.

A related Qianlong aubergine-glazed jue is in the Baur Collection, illustrated in J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. II, Geneva, 1972, no. A473; another is illustrated in Mayuyama, 70 years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, no. 1079. Compare further to another one, from the Jingguantang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 563.

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