Lot 2115
2115
A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL PALE CELADON-GLAZED BEAKER VASES, ZHI
A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL PALE CELADON-GLAZED BEAKER VASES, ZHI
A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL PALE CELADON-GLAZED BEAKER VASES, ZHI
A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL PALE CELADON-GLAZED BEAKER VASES, ZHI
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. INSLEY BLAIR PROCEEDS IN PART TO BENEFIT THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, SALISBURY COVE, MAINE
A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL PALE CELADON-GLAZED BEAKER VASES, ZHI

QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL PALE CELADON-GLAZED BEAKER VASES, ZHI
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is finely potted with a baluster body supported on a waisted foot tapering towards the middle and rising to a flared trumpet mouth. The middle is incised with a band of leiwen between two raised ridges. The vases are covered overall in an even pale celedon glaze.
6 7/8 in. (17.3 cm.) high, wood stands (2)
Provenance
J. Insley Blair (1870-1939) and thence by descent to the present owners
Literature
The J. Insley Blair Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Tuxedo Park, New York, 1925, pl. I, no. 33

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Lot Essay

While it is rather common to find Ru-type or Guan-type glazed beakers from the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, the shape of the present beaker vases is very rare with their bulging lower sections and waisted feet. They were likely to have been modelled after an archaic bronze in Qianlong's own collection, such as the example published in the Xiqing Gujian, 'Inspection of Antiques from the Zhou Dynasty' (fig. 1).

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