Lot Essay
The design of nine peaches decorating this vase is emblematic of marriage and conveys wishes for longevity. It is based on a Yongzheng prototype which incorporates six peaches instead of nine. For an example of this earlier type see the vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 210, pl. 39.
A very similar Qianlong-marked vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated by J. Ayers and M. Sato, Sekai toji zenshu, Japan, 1983, vol. 15, p. 181, no. 227; and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is illustrated by S. Valenstein, Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1989 rev. ed., col. pl. 42. Others are in the Tokyo National Museum, Catalogue, no. 640, and in the British Museum, illustrated by R. L. Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, pl. LXV.
A very similar Qianlong-marked vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated by J. Ayers and M. Sato, Sekai toji zenshu, Japan, 1983, vol. 15, p. 181, no. 227; and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is illustrated by S. Valenstein, Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1989 rev. ed., col. pl. 42. Others are in the Tokyo National Museum, Catalogue, no. 640, and in the British Museum, illustrated by R. L. Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, pl. LXV.