拍品專文
The present vase with its superb quality and attractive glaze colour is an exceptional example of monochrome ceramics that were produced during the Yongzheng reign. In this instance the glaze is emulating earlier Jun wares of the Song dynasty.
As early as the third (1725) and sixth year (1728) of the Yongzheng reign, the Emperor requested for the Jun vessels in the Palace to be identified and requests were made for this type of glaze to be reproduced at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. In the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign (1729), Tang Ying, the renowed Superintendent of the Imperial kilns, sent Wu Yaopu to Junzhou in Henan to investigate the glaze recipe of early Jun ware. Wu's mission appeared to be successful as Palace records indicated that after 1730 the Emperor frequently ordered the firing of Jun-type vessels (refer to Harmony and Integrity: The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, Taipei, 2009, pp. 227-228).
A similar Yongzheng-marked compressed globular vase with moulded bowstrings in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 179. Another vase, covered in a similar glaze and impressed with a four-character Yongzheng seal mark, but with an ovoid body, from the Robert Chang and Zhuyuetang Collections, is illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, pl. 176. Compare also to a Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed vase of similar shape and design, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1903.
As early as the third (1725) and sixth year (1728) of the Yongzheng reign, the Emperor requested for the Jun vessels in the Palace to be identified and requests were made for this type of glaze to be reproduced at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. In the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign (1729), Tang Ying, the renowed Superintendent of the Imperial kilns, sent Wu Yaopu to Junzhou in Henan to investigate the glaze recipe of early Jun ware. Wu's mission appeared to be successful as Palace records indicated that after 1730 the Emperor frequently ordered the firing of Jun-type vessels (refer to Harmony and Integrity: The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, Taipei, 2009, pp. 227-228).
A similar Yongzheng-marked compressed globular vase with moulded bowstrings in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 179. Another vase, covered in a similar glaze and impressed with a four-character Yongzheng seal mark, but with an ovoid body, from the Robert Chang and Zhuyuetang Collections, is illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, pl. 176. Compare also to a Qianlong-marked flambé-glazed vase of similar shape and design, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1903.