A RARE AUBERGINE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC RITUAL VESSEL, JUE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

of archaistic jue form, the U-shaped body raised on three cylindrical legs and surmounted by a pair of capped posts, set with an angular handle on one side, covered overall in a deep aubergine glaze, the base inscribed with a four-character seal mark under the glaze, wood stand and Japanese box

Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo.

There is an old restoration to one of the legs (front leg on the catalogue photo). Otherwise the vessel is in good condition.
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Closely related aubergine-glazed jue vessels from the Qianlong reign include one in the Baur Collection, illustrated in The Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1969, no. A473; another alongside a dou vessel, is included in The Tsui Museum of Art. Chinese Ceramics IV. Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pls 44-45; and one from the Jingguantang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1801.