拍品專文
Yongzheng's keen interest in the antique revival, is represented twice in this rare and large vase: the shape and the frieze are inspired by the antique bronze vessels (Fanghu) while the glaze is imitating the nice guan celadon glaze from the Song dynasty.
This unusual wide shape can be compared to two similar guan-glazed vases : the first one from the Qing Court collection, dated from the Ming dynasty and published in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1999, p.223, pl.201 ; the second one dated Song, from the Freer Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, published in Emil Hannover, Pottery and Porcelain, A Handbook for Collectors, vol.II: The Far East, London 1925, p.55, fig.64.
For other Fanghu vases from the Yongzheng period also with Song- type glazes and archaistic moulded decoration, but with different shapes, see Qing Monochromes in the National Palace Museum, Taipei 1981, p.137, pl.81 ; or Treasures in the Royalty, The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai 2003, p.187
This unusual wide shape can be compared to two similar guan-glazed vases : the first one from the Qing Court collection, dated from the Ming dynasty and published in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1999, p.223, pl.201 ; the second one dated Song, from the Freer Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, published in Emil Hannover, Pottery and Porcelain, A Handbook for Collectors, vol.II: The Far East, London 1925, p.55, fig.64.
For other Fanghu vases from the Yongzheng period also with Song- type glazes and archaistic moulded decoration, but with different shapes, see Qing Monochromes in the National Palace Museum, Taipei 1981, p.137, pl.81 ; or Treasures in the Royalty, The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai 2003, p.187