A MATT BLACK-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL AND COVER, GAI LU

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A MATT BLACK-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL AND COVER, GAI LU
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The vessel is of oblong form, with deep sides which are horizontally ribbed below a band of leiwen, a pair of angular handles and four cabriole legs. The base has an incised four-character mark reading Jing hua zhen pin (precious treasure). The cover has canted sides and is carved with a further leiwen band, with four tapering posts rising from a ribbed border that act as legs when the cover is inverted. The interior bears a four-character inscription, Zhou jingshu gui (the gui of Zhou Jingshu), and the exteriors are covered in matt black enamel in contrast to the white interiors.

9 in. (23 cm.) wide across handles

Provenance

Sotheby's Paris, 13 June 2012, lot 246. From the collection of a private European lady.

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar example in pale lime-green glaze, sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1608. Also a bronze gui vessel with similar decoration and shape in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 27 - Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 44, p. 72.

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