A rare turquoise-glazed vase, meiping


Incised Qianlong seal mark and of the periodRising from a slightly flared foot to high rounded shoulders, surmounted by a waisted neck and rounded mouth rim, covered overall with a lustrous turquoise-blue glaze, pooling neatly above the foot ring and base of the neck. 24cm (9 1/2in) high.
|清乾隆 孔雀綠釉梅瓶「大清乾隆年製」篆書刻款Provenance: a European private collection and thence by descent來源： 歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Turquoise is among the rarest of glaze colours found on marked Imperial monochromes. A turquoise-glazed meiping vase, 18th century, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no.25.Turquoise-glazed Imperial wares continued from the Kangxi to Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. See a similar turquoise glazed meiping, but with earlier incised Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2016, lot 67. A large turquoise-glazed fish bowl, incised Yongzheng seal mark and of the period was also sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 147.