A VERY RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED MEIPING

QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A VERY RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED MEIPING
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
8 7⁄8 in (22.4 cm.) high., box

Provenance

The Vera Goldschlager (1916-1999) Collection, no. 5; sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29-30 April 2001, lot 666

Literature

Ye Peilan and J. Thompson, Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi- Yongzheng- Qianlong, A Selection from The Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 238-239, no. 94
Christie's 20 Years in Hong Kong 1986 - 2006: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Highlights, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 157

Exhibited

On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020

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Lot Essay

Meiping vases covered in aubergine glaze are very rare. A close comparison to the present vase is an aubergine-glazed bottle vase impressed with a Qianlong seal mark from the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, pp.218-219, A475, no. 323.

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