A VERY RARE SMALL GUAN-TYPE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU Yongzheng six-character...
The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art 大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
A VERY RARE SMALL GUAN-TYPE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
Yongzheng six-character seal mark and of the period
The vase heavily potted with the ribbed body rising to a plain cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, covered overall with a pale blue glaze suffused with dark crackles, ending in a neat line on the brown-dressed, unglazed foot ring, the base with the six-character mark. 9.5cm 3 6/8in) high.
清雍正 仿官釉貫耳壺
青花「大清雍正年製」篆書款
Provenance: Herschel V. Johnson (1894-1966), Charlotte, North Carolina
Sotheby's London, The Herschel V. Johnson Collection, 21 February 1967, lot 60, acquired through William Clayton Ltd., London, 21 February 1967 (invoice)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.24
來源： Herschel V. Johnson (1894-1966)，夏洛特，北卡羅萊納州
倫敦蘇富比，《The Herschel V. Johnson Collection》，1967年2月21日，拍品編號60，通過William Clayton Ltd.獲得，倫敦，1967年2月21日（據收據）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號24
Herschel Vespasian Johnson served in the First World War as an officer in the US Fifty-fourth Infantry, with the Sixth Division in the Vosges Mountains and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Further to graduating from the University of North Carolina (1916) and Harvard Law School (1919-1920), he joined the US diplomatic service in 1920. Amongst his many appointments, he served 1934-1941 in London as First Secretary and as Counselor and then Minister. In April 1945 it was Johnson who handled the delicate communications in connection with Heinrich Himmler's unacceptable separate peace proposal, which had come via Count Folke Bernadotte of the Swedish Red Cross. In May 1946 Johnson entered a new arena as deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations Security Council. Johnson held the rank of ambassador from 9 July 1946. Under the rotation system he was president of the Security Council from 17 November to 17 December. In 1947 he served in the spring as alternate representative to the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the Palestine question, and, in the fall, as representative to the second session of the General Assembly. He was deputy chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from July 1947 to May 1948. His last diplomatic post prior to retiring was as US Ambassador to Brazil 1948-1953.
Renowned as one of the 'official' wares of the Southern Song court, Guan stands as one of the most revered and sought-after categories of Chinese ceramics. The Yongzheng Emperor held a profound admiration for this type of wares. He was known to have dispatched original pieces from his collection to the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen as prototypes for replication.
Notable for the intricacy of its deceptively simple form, the exquisite beauty of its glaze colour and the captivating pattern of its crackle, the present vase exemplifies an 18th century reinterpretation of a the classic hu form which was known in China since the Neolithic period. Compare with a related guan-type ribbed vase, Yongzheng seal mark and of the period, displaying a similar ribbed body as the present example, which was sold at Christie's New york, 21 March 2014, lot 2197.
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The John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023) Collection of Chinese Art 大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)中國藝術品收藏
A VERY RARE SMALL GUAN-TYPE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
Yongzheng six-character seal mark and of the period
The vase heavily potted with the ribbed body rising to a plain cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, covered overall with a pale blue glaze suffused with dark crackles, ending in a neat line on the brown-dressed, unglazed foot ring, the base with the six-character mark. 9.5cm 3 6/8in) high.
清雍正 仿官釉貫耳壺
青花「大清雍正年製」篆書款
Provenance: Herschel V. Johnson (1894-1966), Charlotte, North Carolina
Sotheby's London, The Herschel V. Johnson Collection, 21 February 1967, lot 60, acquired through William Clayton Ltd., London, 21 February 1967 (invoice)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.24
來源： Herschel V. Johnson (1894-1966)，夏洛特，北卡羅萊納州
倫敦蘇富比，《The Herschel V. Johnson Collection》，1967年2月21日，拍品編號60，通過William Clayton Ltd.獲得，倫敦，1967年2月21日（據收據）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號24
Herschel Vespasian Johnson served in the First World War as an officer in the US Fifty-fourth Infantry, with the Sixth Division in the Vosges Mountains and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Further to graduating from the University of North Carolina (1916) and Harvard Law School (1919-1920), he joined the US diplomatic service in 1920. Amongst his many appointments, he served 1934-1941 in London as First Secretary and as Counselor and then Minister. In April 1945 it was Johnson who handled the delicate communications in connection with Heinrich Himmler's unacceptable separate peace proposal, which had come via Count Folke Bernadotte of the Swedish Red Cross. In May 1946 Johnson entered a new arena as deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations Security Council. Johnson held the rank of ambassador from 9 July 1946. Under the rotation system he was president of the Security Council from 17 November to 17 December. In 1947 he served in the spring as alternate representative to the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the Palestine question, and, in the fall, as representative to the second session of the General Assembly. He was deputy chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from July 1947 to May 1948. His last diplomatic post prior to retiring was as US Ambassador to Brazil 1948-1953.
Renowned as one of the 'official' wares of the Southern Song court, Guan stands as one of the most revered and sought-after categories of Chinese ceramics. The Yongzheng Emperor held a profound admiration for this type of wares. He was known to have dispatched original pieces from his collection to the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen as prototypes for replication.
Notable for the intricacy of its deceptively simple form, the exquisite beauty of its glaze colour and the captivating pattern of its crackle, the present vase exemplifies an 18th century reinterpretation of a the classic hu form which was known in China since the Neolithic period. Compare with a related guan-type ribbed vase, Yongzheng seal mark and of the period, displaying a similar ribbed body as the present example, which was sold at Christie's New york, 21 March 2014, lot 2197.
