DAOGUANG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

Robin's-egg blue glazes are typically opaque turquoise with overall purplish mottling and are thought to have first developed during the Yongzheng period as a free interpretation of Song dynasty Jun glazes. The unusual effect produced by the glaze on the present vase bears resemblance to a Qianlong-marked lantern vase with a green variant robin's-egg glaze illustrated by B. McElney, The Museum of East Asian Art Inaugural Exhibition, Volume 1-Chinese Ceramics, England, 1993, p. 276, no. 221.