Live Auction 18823Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A FAUX-BRONZE-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR VASE
Lot 1845 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA

A FAUX-BRONZE-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR VASE

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Closed25 September 2020

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USD 212,500

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A FAUX-BRONZE-GLAZED COMPRESSED GLOBULAR VASE
REPUBLIC PERIOD
The compressed body is encircled by a pair of bow-string bands and rises to the waisted neck with flared mouth, supported on a short, splayed foot. The base is incised with a Yongzheng seal mark, and the vase is covered overall with a matt, rusty-brown-tone glaze.
11 in. (28 cm.) high

Acquired prior to 1973, and thence by descent.

Specialist note


The shape of this vase, with the center of gravity so far down the lower body, would have been extremely difficult to fire successfully, without the body sagging or leaning to one side. A ‘robin’s-egg’-glazed Yongzheng mark-and-period example of this shape from the Baofang Pavillion Collection was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 2807.