A FINE AND VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE VASE, MEIPING

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Details

A FINE AND VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE VASE, MEIPING
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Of slender form with the steeply rounded shoulder tapering gently to a broad ring foot inset from the slightly bulbous base, superbly painted in underglaze-blue of strong vibrant blue tone with scrolling tendrils growing feathery leaves, between double-lines at the foot and below the short cylindrical mouth rim
9 1/4 in. (23.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Previously sold:
Sotheby's New York, 24 May 1974, lot 428
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 May 1978, lot 137
An Important Private Collection of Ming and Qing Porcelain, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 51

Literature

D. Duncan, Chinese Blue and White, London, 1988, pl. 58

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Lot Essay

The present vase appears to be unique. A simiarly shaped Yongzheng-marked vase decorated with flower scrolls in underglaze-blue against a yellow-enamelled ground is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, p. 90, no. 209.

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