MING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF OF 16TH CENTURY

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A RARE AUBERGINE AND YELLOW GLAZED HEXAGONAL VASE
MING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF OF 16TH CENTURY
The vase of hexagonal section, the broad body with a stepped shoulder, the straight neck rising to an unglazed lipped rim, the splayed foot supported on an integral stand with ruyi shaped feet connected by a waisted apron, all resting on a flat base, the aubergine glaze slightly iridescent, the yellow glaze of deep egg yolk tone
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London, 1980s
Weisbrod & Dy, Ltd, 1982
A Canadian private collection

Literature

Nigel Wood, Chinese Glazes: Their Origins, Chemistry, and Recreation, London, 1999, p. 245

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Lot Essay

In the late 15th century, Chinese potters began to use lead silicate enamels as glazes directly onto the body of porcelain. The result was colourful translucent glazes of yellow, green, turquoise, and aubergine tones. The early 16th century saw many novel shaped in vessels influenced by Middle Eastern forms, including squared vases, pear-shaped ewers and hexagonal vases such as the present lot.

Compare with a vase of this exact form in turquoise and yellow glaze with an additional moulded chilong dragon on the neck excavated from a tomb at Xiaojia village, Chengdu city, Sichuan province and dated to the Jiajing period, illustrated by Zhang Bai, Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol.10, 2008, p. 173

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