Lot Essay
Previously sold in Hong Kong, 24 November 1987, lot 68.
The fluid shape of this vase is especially pleasing and the restraint of the decoration enhances the effect of its form.
A covered Yongzheng vase of this pattern in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum is illustrated in Keitokuchin Jiki, pl. 52, bottom left; another of similar shape but painted with a dense lotus scroll was included in the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, 1986 and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 29.
The fluid shape of this vase is especially pleasing and the restraint of the decoration enhances the effect of its form.
A covered Yongzheng vase of this pattern in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum is illustrated in Keitokuchin Jiki, pl. 52, bottom left; another of similar shape but painted with a dense lotus scroll was included in the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, 1986 and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 29.