Lot Essay
Previously sold in Hong Kong, 19 May 1982, lot 226.
A Qianlong example of this four-legged vessel in the S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, Part II, no. 64, where it is noted on p. 92 that the shape of this he is derived from the archaic bronze form from the Zhou dynasty, rather than the Shang dynasty when the vessels were three-legged. Excavations in the late Qing have revealed that the he was used as a water vessel for diluting wine.
Other Daoguang ewers have been recorded, one from the Yangzhitang Collection sold in our Singapore Rooms, 30 March 1997, lot 221; and a pair in these Rooms, 9 September 1989, lot 787.
(US$23,000-28,000)
A Qianlong example of this four-legged vessel in the S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, Part II, no. 64, where it is noted on p. 92 that the shape of this he is derived from the archaic bronze form from the Zhou dynasty, rather than the Shang dynasty when the vessels were three-legged. Excavations in the late Qing have revealed that the he was used as a water vessel for diluting wine.
Other Daoguang ewers have been recorded, one from the Yangzhitang Collection sold in our Singapore Rooms, 30 March 1997, lot 221; and a pair in these Rooms, 9 September 1989, lot 787.
(US$23,000-28,000)