AN EXTREMELY RARE CORAL-RED BOTTLE VASE SHENDE TANG ZHI MARK...

Hammer

£2,000

AN EXTREMELY RARE CORAL-RED BOTTLE VASE
SHENDE TANG ZHI MARK IN IRON-RED, DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850)
清 道光（1821-1850）珊瑚红釉洞石花卉纹胆瓶“慎德堂制”款
the baluster sides finely decorated with peonies blossoms issuing from a rocky outcrop
22cm high

PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).

FOOTNOTE: The present vase is an very nice example and well preserved condition. It bears the four-character hall mark Shende Tang zhi (Made for the Hall of Prudent Virtue), the main residence of the Daoguang emperor (1821-1850) located in the grounds of the Yuanmingyuan. It is known that wares bearing this mark were made for the emperor's personal use. Ming Wilson notes that the Shende Tang was completed in 1831, allowing a more precise dating of vessels belonging to this special group of wares; about twenty years, between 1831 and 1850, the year when the emperor died. According to Wilson no less than 30 types of imperial Shende Tang porcelains are extant in public and private collections, mostly in the shape of bowls, dishes and vases. See Ming Wilson, Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, London, 1998, p. 36. A Shende Tang bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, painted with cranes illustrated, ibid., pl. 8.

A pair of famille rose coral ground slender oviform vases, with Hall marks in red-Dao Guang. Sold by Christie’s London , October 8, 1971  Lot 89 from the Fonthill Morrison collection. 

Other three famille rose enamelled wares of the Daoguang period, and in particular those created for the Shen de tang, were renowned for their delicacy. Three vases with Shen de tang marks are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999,pl.188-190.

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Good condition with age related wear.
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