GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A BLUE-GLAZED ALTAR VESSEL AND COVER, DOU
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD
The stembowl resting on a splayed foot, the domed cover with a spherical knop finial, moulded in shallow relief to the exterior with archaistic motifs, the exterior covered with a rich-blue thinning on raised areas
10in. (25.5cm.) high
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD
The stembowl resting on a splayed foot, the domed cover with a spherical knop finial, moulded in shallow relief to the exterior with archaistic motifs, the exterior covered with a rich-blue thinning on raised areas
10in. (25.5cm.) high
Literature
A Jiaqing-marked vessel of similar form was included in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Exhibition of Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, 1980, Catalogue, no. 3. The author notes that blue-glazed vessels were used at the Altar of Heaven.
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 147
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 147
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 147