DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850), HAORAN TANG HALL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE

This attractive form of small vase appears to have been produced with a variety of well-applied monochrome glazes in the Yongzheg reign. Other Yongzheng-marked vases in this form include: one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, covered with powder blue-glaze but slightly larger in size (18.7 cm. high), illustrated in, Qingdai yuyao ciqi, juan 1, vol. 2, Beijing, 2005, pp. 282-283 pl. 127; another two Yongzheng-marked tea-dust glazed examples in the Nanjing Museum and the Guimet Musée, published, respectively, in Zhongguo Qingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2003, p.206 and Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collection-Musée Guimet, vol. 7. 1981, col. pl. 47; and a copper-red glazed example sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 3057.