Size: 8.5 cm.(H)
A globular vase in the form of a pomegranate, with a narrow neck and five flaring leaves at the mouth, covered with a pale lavender glaze, and decorated in slip around the body with a tree, foliage and blossom, with an underglaze blue three-character studio mark ‘Haoran Tang’ on the base, within the unglazed foot.
PROVENANCE:
From a New York Private Collection
Compare similar pomegranate-form vases with this hall mark: 1, illustrated in 《Zijincheng de jiyi: tushuo qinggong ciqi dangan》(Memories of the Forbidden City: Illustrated Catalogue of the Qing Palace Records of Porcelains), Beijing, 2016, p. 66-67, no.29. 2, recorded in Soame Jenyns, 《Later Chinese Porcelain》, London, 1954, pl. CIV, 3c. in the British Museum. 3, a pair, sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 247. 4, a nearly identical one, sold at Christie's New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 1260.