ID 718708
Lot 1048 | A VERY RARE GE-TYPE MALLET VASE
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
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.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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