A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF TURQUOISE-ENAMELLED BOWLSYongzheng six-character marks and of the period
Each delicately potted, the exterior of under a slightly lustrous even opaque rich colour stopping crisply at the slightly incurving foot, the interior plain, wood stands. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) diam. (4).Footnotes清雍正 松石綠釉碗一對
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
Provenance: C.T. Loo & Co., New York
Robert J. Dunham, Chicago
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1947
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1-2 November 1956, lot 61
A European private collection
來源：紐約古董商盧吳公司，紐約
Robert J. Dunham，芝加哥
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1947年
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1956年11月1-2日，拍品編號61
歐洲私人收藏
Superbly potted with a hemispherical body coated with a brilliant turquoise glaze, the present pair of bowls are fine examples of the Yongzheng Emperor's passion for unassuming, elegant pieces of highest quality. Both the shape and glaze of the present vessels appear to be innovations of the Yongzheng period, probably attributable to the genius of Tang Ying (1682-1756), superintendent at the Imperial kilns, who experimented with a variety of glaze compositions to make highly tactile and innovative pieces.
Monochrome-glazed vessels produced during the Yongzheng reign were typically coated in lemon yellow, coral red, lime-green and rose-pink glazes. Turquoise-glazed examples, however, appeared to be rare and reserved for use by the Court, probably due to the laborious process involved in obtaining turquoise-glazed vessels, which underwent two firings: the first taking place at high temperatures, after the application of transparent and translucent glazes; the second firing, conducted at lower temperatures, was necessary after the application of the turquoise glaze, which matured in this condition.
Compare with a similar turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and of the period, in the Baur Collection, Geneva, illustrated by J.Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1972, vol.3, pl.A478; another similar example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics New York, 1989, pl.257.
A similar turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period, was sold by Sotheby's London, 4 November 2020, lot 10.
A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF TURQUOISE-ENAMELLED BOWLSYongzheng six-character marks and of the period
Each delicately potted, the exterior of under a slightly lustrous even opaque rich colour stopping crisply at the slightly incurving foot, the interior plain, wood stands. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) diam. (4).Footnotes清雍正 松石綠釉碗一對
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
Provenance: C.T. Loo & Co., New York
Robert J. Dunham, Chicago
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1947
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1-2 November 1956, lot 61
A European private collection
來源：紐約古董商盧吳公司，紐約
Robert J. Dunham，芝加哥
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1947年
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1956年11月1-2日，拍品編號61
歐洲私人收藏
Superbly potted with a hemispherical body coated with a brilliant turquoise glaze, the present pair of bowls are fine examples of the Yongzheng Emperor's passion for unassuming, elegant pieces of highest quality. Both the shape and glaze of the present vessels appear to be innovations of the Yongzheng period, probably attributable to the genius of Tang Ying (1682-1756), superintendent at the Imperial kilns, who experimented with a variety of glaze compositions to make highly tactile and innovative pieces.
Monochrome-glazed vessels produced during the Yongzheng reign were typically coated in lemon yellow, coral red, lime-green and rose-pink glazes. Turquoise-glazed examples, however, appeared to be rare and reserved for use by the Court, probably due to the laborious process involved in obtaining turquoise-glazed vessels, which underwent two firings: the first taking place at high temperatures, after the application of transparent and translucent glazes; the second firing, conducted at lower temperatures, was necessary after the application of the turquoise glaze, which matured in this condition.
Compare with a similar turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and of the period, in the Baur Collection, Geneva, illustrated by J.Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1972, vol.3, pl.A478; another similar example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics New York, 1989, pl.257.
A similar turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period, was sold by Sotheby's London, 4 November 2020, lot 10.
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