Lot 107 , A Chinese flambé glazed ‘three rams’ vase, sanxizun, Qianlong six character seal mark and of the period (1736-95)

A Chinese flambé glazed ‘three rams’ vase, sanxizun, Qianlong six character seal mark and of the period (1736-95), the globular body with a tall waisted neck and a slightly flaring foot decorated to the shoulder with three moulded rams’ heads, covered overall with a lustrous purple glaze with pale lavender-blue streaks, the base with the mark incised beneath a mottled grey-brown glaze, 34cm high, restoration

Provenance- Woolley & Wallis, Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings sale, 24 May 2023, Lot 508.

Vases of this form were introduced in the Yongzheng period and are also decorated in tea-dust, Ru and guan-type glazes. See the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch’ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, K’ang-hsi Ware and Yung-Cheng Ware, Pl.129, for two Ru-type examples. See also Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 11th July 2020, lot 116 for a fine tea-dust example from the collection of Sen Shou Tey.
£12,000-18,000

Condition:
There is high-quality professional restoration to a section of the rim extending down the neck with some of the fine crackle has been repainted to hide the restoration. There is a fine crackle to the glaze all over, some occasional minor scratches and wear, otherwise in good condition.