Lot Essay
Two other vases of this shape and design with Yongzheng marks are illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods - The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, one with a celadon glaze, no. 76, the other with a different type of teadust glaze, no. 165. See, also, the Daoguang-marked vase of this shape, but decorated with blue and white archaistic designs, sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 316.