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Lot 369
A RARE PAIR OF ‚PEACHBLOOM‘-GLAZED IMPERIAL SAUCERS
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
14.245 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, Yongzheng six-character marks and periodD. 16,2 cm
Each with shallow sides flaring to a slightly everted rim, the exterior covered with peachbloom glaze, the rim and interior white. Underglaze blue six-character mark at the base.
Privy Councillor Herrmann Dobrikow (Beijing, d. 1928) by descent to a family member
The copper-red pigment is often considered the most challenging to regulate during the firing process as exactly the right conditions are required within the kiln to achieve the rich raspberry tones as demonstrated by the present lot. Copper-red glazes on porcelain wares were perfected in China during the Yongle reign (1403-1424) and were used as imperial ritual vessels, associated with the altar of the sun. Copper-red glazes were less common in the late Ming dynasty but saw a revival in the Qing dynasty from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) onwards. This pair of saucers are rare examples of Yongzheng period copper-red porcelain with a peachbloom-type glaze. The peachbloom glaze was developed during the late Kangxi period and mostly appears on small items made as scholars objects. They are some of the finest porcelain made in the Kangxi period and only appeared for a short period. There are very few examples of peachbloom-glazed Yongzheng porcelain. The peachbloom glaze consists of three layers, a layer of clear glaze on the biscuit body; a layer of coloured glaze which was blown on; and a final layer of clear glaze. Compare a Yongzheng meiping with peachbloom glaze sold in Christies New York, 13 September 2009, lot 1545 and a similar smaller saucer from the former collection of the famous Munich Art dealer Ludwig Bretschneider was sold at Nagel, 10.5.2012, lot 1517
One saucer with short hairline crack and tiny chip or glaze frit to rim, the other with firing flaws to interior and small chip at the stand
