Lot 808
808
A RARE SMALL PALE GREENISH-BLUE-GLAZED TRIPLE-NECKED FACETED VASE
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A RARE SMALL PALE GREENISH-BLUE-GLAZED TRIPLE-NECKED FACETED VASE

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A RARE SMALL PALE GREENISH-BLUE-GLAZED TRIPLE-NECKED FACETED VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The flattened, tapering vase has three conjoined faceted necks that rise from the rounded shoulder. The vase is covered overall in a matte milky blue-green glaze that thins to mushroom at the edges.
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A vase of this shape and approximate size, but covered in a crackled, pale bluish-grey glaze, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Obtaining Refined Enjoyment: The Qianlong Emperor's Taste in Ceramics, Taipei, 2012, pp. 156-57, no. 59, where it is dated Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. The base of the Taipei vase is inscribed with a Qianlong poem describing the relationship between Guan and Ge wares.

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