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

in the form of an archaic bronze tripod wine vessel, the U-shaped body rising from three tall splayed fluted legs to a widely flared rim, surmounted by a pair of capped finials, applied to one side with a loop handle, covered overall in a pale sea-green tone, the base inscribed with a four-character seal mark

Robert Chang, Hong Kong.
A Far Eastern private collection.
Sotheby's London, 6th November 2013, lot 159.

Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing, Marchant, London, 2014, cat. no. 49.

The vessel is in very good condition with expected glaze crackles and bodylines, including one measuring approx. 1.5 cm to one finial as visible in the catalogue photo.
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Qianlong reign-marked vessels of jue form are rare. For an aubergine-glazed jue of this type with similar Qianlong reign mark, see one in the Baur Collection, illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Geneva, 1969, pl. A473; and another from the Jingguantang collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1801. See also a jue-form vessel of identical form covered in a pale celadon glaze with gilt details in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, Famille Verte and Famille Rose, London, 1987, pl. 170; and a white-glazed example with a moulded band included in the exhibition A Millennium of Monochromes, from the Great Tang to the High Qing, The Baur and Zhuyuetang Collections, Baur Foundation, Geneva, 2019, cat. no. 196.