Lot 3303
3303
A FINE AND VERY RARE 'CRAB SHELL'-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
A FINE AND VERY RARE 'CRAB SHELL'-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
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PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A FINE AND VERY RARE 'CRAB SHELL'-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND VERY RARE 'CRAB SHELL'-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
YONGZHENG SiX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The elegantly formed vase is well potted with high shoulders that taper towards a slightly spreading base below a short waisted neck. It is covered overall in an iridescent dark green glaze mottled with brown speckles, stopping around the brown dressed foot rim.
11 1/2 in. (29 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Acquired by the present family in the 1970s

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Lot Essay

The glaze on the current meiping is extremely rare, and no other identical example appears to have been published. However, there is a Yongzheng-marked melon-shaped jar in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which has the same glaze, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 253, p. 276.

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