A SOFT-PASTE WHITE-CRACKLE-GLAZED BEEHIVE SHAPED WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUNKangxi
The domed vessel rising to a short, lipped mouth rim, moulded around the exterior with three clusters of wispy ruyi-shaped clouds, covered in a creamy white glaze and suffused with a fine craquelure. 9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam. Footnotes清康熙 白釉暗刻團螭紋太白尊
Provenance: Professor E.T.Hall C.B.E (1924-2001)
Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 196
來源： E.T.Hall C.B.E （1924-2001）教授舊藏
倫敦佳士得，2004年6月7日，拍品編號196
Professor Edward Thomas Hall C.B.E (1924-2001) was a scientist and inventor. Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he became a leading expert in the development of archaeometry, radio-carbon dating and research in thermoluminescence techniques. A trustee of the National Gallery and the British Museum, he sat on the Advisory Council of the Science Museum. He was also a hot-air balloon pilot and created his own balloon. He was a regular client at Bluett's and purchased Qing Imperial monochromes. See R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxford, 2011, pp.211-212.
Compare with a related soft-paste white-glazed waterpot, Kangxi, in the British Museum, London (acc.no.1915,0409.18).
A SOFT-PASTE WHITE-CRACKLE-GLAZED BEEHIVE SHAPED WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUNKangxi
The domed vessel rising to a short, lipped mouth rim, moulded around the exterior with three clusters of wispy ruyi-shaped clouds, covered in a creamy white glaze and suffused with a fine craquelure. 9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam. Footnotes清康熙 白釉暗刻團螭紋太白尊
Provenance: Professor E.T.Hall C.B.E (1924-2001)
Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 196
來源： E.T.Hall C.B.E （1924-2001）教授舊藏
倫敦佳士得，2004年6月7日，拍品編號196
Professor Edward Thomas Hall C.B.E (1924-2001) was a scientist and inventor. Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he became a leading expert in the development of archaeometry, radio-carbon dating and research in thermoluminescence techniques. A trustee of the National Gallery and the British Museum, he sat on the Advisory Council of the Science Museum. He was also a hot-air balloon pilot and created his own balloon. He was a regular client at Bluett's and purchased Qing Imperial monochromes. See R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxford, 2011, pp.211-212.
Compare with a related soft-paste white-glazed waterpot, Kangxi, in the British Museum, London (acc.no.1915,0409.18).
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