Size: 38.1 cm.(H)
A slightly compressed globular vase set on a spreading foot and with an elegant tall gently-flaring neck, the entire piece (with the exception of the underside of the foot) decorated with a pleasing, pale blue Guan-type glaze, with an underglaze blue six-character Qianlong seal mark on the base.
From late in the Kangxi period, through their development during the Yongzheng reign, pieces produced in tribute to the Song Dynasty Imperial wares became increasing popular amongst Qing Dynasty collectors. Evidence of this can be seen in a Yongzheng period painting by Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining) depicting a flower arrangement set in a similar Guan-type vase.
PROVENANCE:
The descendants of Dudley L. Pickman (1779-1846), founding member of the East India Marine Society and Charles G. Loring (1828-1902), the first director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. See Skinner'sSpring Auction, Boston, 19 March 2016, lot 201.
A slightly smaller vase of this type, from the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan, was included in the exhibition ‘The Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1907, cat. no. 24, and later sold at Christie’s, another similar vase was also shown in the collection of The Ten-Views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, more examples include: Christie'sNew York 21 March 2002, lot 237, September 2012, lot 1541, Sotheby's10 May 2011, lot 1930.