The Three Emperors: Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns from the Yidetang Collection
The Three Emperors: Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns from the Yidetang Collection
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October 12, 11:48 AM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A fine blue and white octagonal 'lingzhi' jarlet
Mark and period of Yongzheng
清雍正 青花靈芝紋八棱小罐 《大清雍正年製》款
each facet delicately painted with a lingzhi branch, all below a band encircling the waisted neck picked out with detached florets, the recessed base inscribed with a six-character reign mark
9.1 cm
A closely related jarlet in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi [Porcelain from the Qing dynasty imperial kilns in the Palace Museum], vol. 1, pt. II, Beijing, 2005, pl. 26; another is published in Sun Qi, Minjian liusan wenwu jianding [Connoisseurship of scattered cultural relics], Beijing, 1993, p. 96 (centre left). See also a pair sold in these rooms, 2nd May 2000, lot 671.
For the Ming inspiration of this design, see an early 15th-century lobed jarlet with floral decoration, from the Enid and Brodie Lodge collection, illustrated in William Bowyer Honey, The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East, London, 1944, pl. 87.