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清雍正 白釉暗刻游龍戲珠紋梅瓶
青花「雍正年製」楷書款
Provenance: Professor E.T. Hall, no. 226
Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 40
An important European private Collection
來源: E.T. Hall教授舊藏,編號226
倫敦佳士得,2004年6月7日,拍品編號40
重要歐洲私人收藏
Professor Edward Thomas Hall C.B.E (1924-2001) was a scientist and inventor. Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he became a leading expert in the development of archaeometry, radio-carbon dating and research in thermoluminescence techniques. A trustee of the National Gallery and the British Museum, he sat on the Advisory Council of the Science Museum. He was also a hot-air balloon pilot and created his own balloon. He was a regular client at Bluett's and purchased Qing Imperial monochromes. See R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxford, 2011, pp.211-212.
Yongzheng mark and period meiping vases decorated with one incised dragon, such as the present lot, are extremely rare and there are few published examples. See a copper-red-decorated meiping vase with two dragons, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's London, 3 November 2020, lot 162.