AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND UNDERGLAZE BLUE FLORAL VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
Yongzheng The pear-shaped vase with a bulbous body rising to a waisted neck, supported on a slightly-spreading foot, depicting a composite floral scroll with large chrysanthemum, peony, lotus and camellia blossoms, in between bands of lappets and floral scrolls, reserved against a bright yellow ground. 29.3cm high (11 1/2in) high
清雍正 黃地青花玉壺春瓶
This vase embodies the quintessential Imperial taste of the 18th century that bore testament to the artistic achievements of the early Ming. Various elements derive from early Ming prototypes which first appeared on porcelain during the Xuande period (r. 1426-1435). This includes the mottled 'heaped and piled' effect in the way that the cobalt blue has been applied and the decorative elements incorporating a complex design comprising a range of flowers borne on entwined flowery stems. It also includes the combination of underglaze-blue with yellow enamel, a colour which represents a bold symbol of Imperial power. The yuhuchunping form goes back a little earlier than the Ming dynasty and developed from Song and Yuan dynasty wine vessel prototypes.
The vase would have likely borne an Imperial reign mark to the base and the removal of such a mark is not unknown. For a meiping vase with similar decoration, with mark removed, see Sotheby's 22 March 2023, lot 521.
For related vases see Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1575 and Poly Auction, 5 December 2010, lot 4692. See also, J. Ayres, Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, Volume 2, Geneva, 1999, p. 91, no. 210.
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