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拍品专文
This vase forms one of the ba da ma or 'Eight Great Numbers', among the most sophisticated and distinguished of all Imperial porcelains made for the Emperor's writing table. The extremely desirable peachbloom glaze is found exclusively on the eight shapes that make up the set and was not known on other forms, although certain examples are sometimes unaccountably designated as such.
Similar examples are illustrated by S. Valenstein in A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, rev. ed., p. 237, no. 233, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, p. 177, pl. 818; one from the Beijing Palace Museum is illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 138, pl. 121; another from the Percival David Foundation, in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 52; from the Baur Collection illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, no. A 302; from the Chang Foundation, illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taiwan, 1990, p. 270, fig. 115; and one as part of a set from the Jingguantang Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 November 1996, lot 557. See, also, the example formerly from the collection of David A. Berg sold in these rooms, 21 September 2001, lot 384.
Similar examples are illustrated by S. Valenstein in A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, rev. ed., p. 237, no. 233, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, p. 177, pl. 818; one from the Beijing Palace Museum is illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 138, pl. 121; another from the Percival David Foundation, in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 52; from the Baur Collection illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, no. A 302; from the Chang Foundation, illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taiwan, 1990, p. 270, fig. 115; and one as part of a set from the Jingguantang Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 November 1996, lot 557. See, also, the example formerly from the collection of David A. Berg sold in these rooms, 21 September 2001, lot 384.