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拍品專文
Footed vessels of this type could be used for a number of purposes including as a washer, as a censer when filled with sand for the insertion of incense sticks, as bowls for growing narcissus bulbs, and as the stand for a flower pot of the same shape.
Vessels of this particular bracket-lobed shape with monochrome glazes were made during the Yongzheng period, reflecting the interest of the Yongzheng Emperor in the antique, as the shape is based on Yuan-Ming dynasty 'Numbered' Jun vessels of a related lobed shape, and all appear to have a monochrome glaze. Referencing the earlier Jun prototypes, the most-often seen monochrome glaze on these Yongzheng-marked vessels is of Jun-type, several of which have been published: one from the Qing Court Collection, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 196-7, no. 178, where it is described as a washer; one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Qingdai danseyou ciqi, Taipei, 1981, no. 84, where it is described as a pot stand; one illustrated by J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pp. 155, no. 262, where it is described as a flower pot stand and is illustrated across from its matching flower pot; and one in the Walters Collection illustrated by S. Bushell in Oriental Ceramic Art, 1981, p. 90, fig. 126.
The more unusual monochrome glazes found on similarly shaped vessels include turquoise, as seen on a turquoise-glazed example, without a mark, but dated Yongzheng, illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods - The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 178, no. 105; 'eel-skin', as seen on the vessel sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 484; and teadust, as seen on the present vessel. As with the opaque Jun-type glazes, the shape lends itself especially well to the use of the opaque 'eel-skin' and teadust glazes, which thin to a russet color on the raised edges, creating an attractive contrast.
Vessels of this particular bracket-lobed shape with monochrome glazes were made during the Yongzheng period, reflecting the interest of the Yongzheng Emperor in the antique, as the shape is based on Yuan-Ming dynasty 'Numbered' Jun vessels of a related lobed shape, and all appear to have a monochrome glaze. Referencing the earlier Jun prototypes, the most-often seen monochrome glaze on these Yongzheng-marked vessels is of Jun-type, several of which have been published: one from the Qing Court Collection, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 196-7, no. 178, where it is described as a washer; one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Qingdai danseyou ciqi, Taipei, 1981, no. 84, where it is described as a pot stand; one illustrated by J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pp. 155, no. 262, where it is described as a flower pot stand and is illustrated across from its matching flower pot; and one in the Walters Collection illustrated by S. Bushell in Oriental Ceramic Art, 1981, p. 90, fig. 126.
The more unusual monochrome glazes found on similarly shaped vessels include turquoise, as seen on a turquoise-glazed example, without a mark, but dated Yongzheng, illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods - The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 178, no. 105; 'eel-skin', as seen on the vessel sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 484; and teadust, as seen on the present vessel. As with the opaque Jun-type glazes, the shape lends itself especially well to the use of the opaque 'eel-skin' and teadust glazes, which thin to a russet color on the raised edges, creating an attractive contrast.