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Lot 365
TWO 'MIRROR BLACK'-GLAZED PORCELAIN VASES
Estimated Value:
900 € - 1.500 €
Schätzpreis:
500 €
Description:
China, 18th c.H. 28,3/ 29,2 cm
Collection Dr. Rainer Kreissl (1924 - 2005) - Important Southern German private collection, acquired before 1990
Compare the "mirror black" glazed porcelain vase of this form illustrated by Ayers in The S. C. Ko Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 163. Another "mirror black" glazed bottle vase that was exhibited at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, is published in the catalogue of the London Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, Iron in the Fire, London, 1988, p. 26, pl. 93.
The "mirror black" glaze, developed in Jingdezhen in the early 18th century, is made by combining iron and manganese oxides with Chinese cobalt, resulting in a richer, more brilliant colour than earlier black glazes made from iron oxide - One vase with cracks and a filled bump on the rim, the second vase on the stand slightly chipped
