YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A VERY RARE SMALL TEA-DUST-GLAZED JARDINIÈRE
YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND PERIOD (1723-1735)
The jardinière has steep sides rising to an everted rim, covered overall and on the base with a glaze of rich olive-green tone speckled with yellow that thins to a brownish-tone on the edges. The base is pierced with a single drainage hole surrounded by the nianhao.
5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo

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Lot Essay

Compare a Yongzheng-marked jardinière of this form covered in a pale blue glaze, and another jardinière with a ribbed design covered in a blue glue, both in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang gu taoci ziliao xuan cui (Selected Collection of Ancient Ceramics in the Palace Museum), vol. 2, Beijing, 2005, p. 192, no. 168, and p. 194, no. 170 respectively.

See also, a Yongzheng-marked teadust-glazed jardinière with its matching dish-shaped stand, sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2001, lot 274.

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