Lot Essay
The form of this vase, which almost resembles a compressed gu-shaped vessel and probably based on a metalwork shape, is extremely rare. No other identical example appears to have been published to date.
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YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Details
A FINE AND RARE WHITE-GLAZED RECTANGULAR HANDLED VASE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase is potted with a rectangular foot and body below an angular flaring neck rising to a mouth of conforming shape. The neck is decorated with a raised band. The stepped shoulder is applied with a pair of scroll-shaped handles. The vessel is covered overall with an even clear glaze with the exception of the foot.
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide, box
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase is potted with a rectangular foot and body below an angular flaring neck rising to a mouth of conforming shape. The neck is decorated with a raised band. The stepped shoulder is applied with a pair of scroll-shaped handles. The vessel is covered overall with an even clear glaze with the exception of the foot.
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The J.M. Hu Collection
Literature
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. III, Hong Kong, 1950, pl. 129
Exhibited
Shanghai Museum, Beijing Museum, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Qing Imperial Monochromes. The Zande Lou Collection, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, 2005, Catalogue, pl. 24
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