A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED RITUAL VESSEL, XING
First half 19th century

Fine Chinese Art

2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

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A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED RITUAL VESSEL, XING

First half 19th century
The bulbous body raised on three ruyi shaped feet, elaborately decorated with three bands of geometric and tendril diaper patterns beneath the rim, flanked by two handles issuing from dragon heads, covered overall with a egg-yolk glaze except the unglazed tips of the feet and a circle at the base. 24cm (9 1/2in) wide.

Footnotes

十九世紀前半期黃釉铏

Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent
來源：瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The shape and decoration on the present vessel derive from archaic bronze vessels made during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The Qing Imperial kilns often drew inspirations from various bronze wares, which is seen in the renowned Superintendent of the Imperial kilns Tang Ying's (1682-1756) words: 'Imitate the ancient style and inherit the elegance of it, innovate new style and examine its source'. See Xu Huping, The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.33.

Vessels of the type containing offerings of a thick meat soup, were displayed close to the spirit tablet on offering tables at the Altars to Earth, Land, Agriculture and Sericulture in the Qing dynasty. See two very similar yellow glazed Xing vessels, Tongzhi mark and of the period, which are illustrated by L.Clark, For Blessings and Guidance: the Qianlong Emperor's Design for State Sacrificial Vessels, Hong Kong, 2019, p.171.

Compare with a related yellow-glazed tripod censer, ding, which was sold at Bonhams London, on 14 May 2009, lot 50.

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