清乾隆 茶葉末釉荸薺瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

the compressed body raised on a spreading foot below a tall cylindrical neck, covered overall in an olive-green glaze densely dusted with golden-yellow speckles, thinning to brown at the mouth-rim, the foot-rim dressed in a dark wash, the recessed base incised with a six-character seal mark beneath a brown glaze

紐約佳士得2000年3月21日，編號378
James E. Breece 三世伉儷收藏，芝加哥
紐約佳士得2003年9月18日，編號342

The overall condition is very good with only minor expected wear to the dressing of the unglazed footring. The actual colour is quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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This vase is particularly notable for the velvety-rich tone of the rich teadust glaze. For other vases of this type, see one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 25; one published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pl. 936; and two vases sold in these rooms, one from the T.Y. Chao collection, 19th May 1987, lot 294, and the other from the Hall family collection, 2nd May 2000, lot 570.  

Opaque glazes that evoke the green patina of metalwork were produced since the Tang and Song dynasties, and the teadust glaze, made through the precipitation of yellow crystal that stands out against a dark green background producing what is known in Japanese as chayemo or ‘tea-leaf dust’ glaze effect, was first used at Jingdezhen during the 18th century, under the strict supervision of Tang Ying, Superintendent of the Imperial kilns during the Yongzheng (1722-1735) and Qianlong reigns. Compare a smaller Yongzheng prototype of this vase, sold at Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot 251.