A VERY RARE GE-TYPE MALLET VASE

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$ 400 000
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25.03.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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ID 718708
Lot 1048 | A VERY RARE GE-TYPE MALLET VASE
A VERY RARE GE-TYPE MALLET VASE

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The vase has a slightly tapering cylindrical body rising to an angled shoulder below a tall cylindrical neck and is covered with a greenish-blue glaze suffused with a black crackle that extends to the foot, which is covered with a black wash.

6 1⁄2 in. (16.6 cm.) high







Provenance

Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection.

Céramique Chinoises Provenant de Deux Collections Européennes; Sotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 97.

Eskenazi Ltd., London.





Literature

B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 75, no. 194.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures, A Selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pp. 406-407, no. 413.





Exhibited

Ulricehamn, Chinese Ceramic Treasures, A Selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including the Carl Kempe Collection, 2002.
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