ARomance Among Blooming Roses II——The Meiyintang and Western Collectionof Five Dynasties Imperial Ceramics

5028 | Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty A VERY RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED MOONFLASK VASE,BAOYUEPING

A VERY RARE FLAMBE-GLAZED MOONFLASK VASE,BAOYUEPING

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Size: H33cm

Signed and dated: Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 3,200,000


Yongzheng Four-Character Mark
Of circular body with a central domed medallion, a cylindrical neck with a raised ring below the flanged rim and two archaizing scroll handles. Rest on a mock foot of oval section with a broad, shallow foot ring. The body glazed in a bright crimson red streaked with purplish blue, the handles in a mushroom colour with blue streaks, the neck in a mottled blue streaked with cream and purple, and a light blue with cream on the inside. The base covered with a glossy yellowish-brown wash and uneven patches of pale celadon-green glaze. The base incised with a four-character Yongzheng seal mark.

EXHIBITED
Kinesiska utställningen [Chinese exhibition], National Museum, Stockholm, 1928, cat. no. 455.
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, The British Museum, London, 199
Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Sporting d’Hiver, Monte Carlo, 1996, cat. no. 177.
ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.2, no.835.