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Lot Essay
The present vase ranks among one of the finest celadon-glazed vessels produced during the Qianlong period. While celadon-glazed vessels were popular during the Qianlong period, it is very rare to find one with such exquisite moulding and superb quality of glaze, in fact, no other vase of the same design appears to have been published.
Monochrome vessels with carved ‘chilong’ medallions appeared as early as the Kangxi period, for example, compare a white-glazed water pot, taibaizun, carved with similar ‘chilong’ medallions in low-relief in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol. 1-1, Beijing, 2005, no. 119. While chilong medallions are also found on peachbloom-glazed water pots from the Kangxi period, they are incised in intaglio rather than carved in low relief, see for example the Kangxi vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, no. 3.
It is also interesting to compare the present vase to celadon-glazed vases carved with dragons and waves from the Kangxi period, which share a similar combination of low-relief carving and glaze colour, although in a more greyish tone than their successors, see the examples in the Palace Museum, Beijing, ibid., nos. 112 and 113, and one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2014, lot 156.
Monochrome vessels with carved ‘chilong’ medallions appeared as early as the Kangxi period, for example, compare a white-glazed water pot, taibaizun, carved with similar ‘chilong’ medallions in low-relief in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol. 1-1, Beijing, 2005, no. 119. While chilong medallions are also found on peachbloom-glazed water pots from the Kangxi period, they are incised in intaglio rather than carved in low relief, see for example the Kangxi vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, no. 3.
It is also interesting to compare the present vase to celadon-glazed vases carved with dragons and waves from the Kangxi period, which share a similar combination of low-relief carving and glaze colour, although in a more greyish tone than their successors, see the examples in the Palace Museum, Beijing, ibid., nos. 112 and 113, and one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2014, lot 156.