£11,250
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 682
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
乾隆款或到代 茶葉末釉橄欖瓶
of ovoid form, with gently swelling sides rising to a subtly tapered opening, covered overall in a rich golden olive-green glaze speckled with yellow and brown and thinning to a deep caramel tone at the mouth, with the foot rim dressed in a dark brown wash, the recessed base impressed with a six-character Qianlong mark
Provenance: formerly in a private English collection, acquired from Hong Kong in the early 1990s; the base is inscribed with '1.742' in a red-paint.
Note: Teadust-glazed vases of this ovoid form are extremely rare. Other examples of teadust-glazed vases of this form include one exhibited at the Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, 1970, no. c73, and subsequently sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 23 March 1993, lot 741; and another sold at Sotheby's London, 12 June 1990, lot 283. Another example exhibited at Christie’s London, An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 2-14 June 1993, Catalogue no. 52, and subsequently sold at Christie's New York, 25 Mar 2022, lot 1049