The squat baluster form with bold shoulders rises to a short ring rim, covered overall in an evenly mottled turquoise and lavender-blue glaze, overall dimensions 4"T x 6-1/4"W. Originally purchased by a Shaker Heights collector at the IMPERIAL ORIENTAL ART, NYC. "The extraordinary effect of this [Robin's-Egg] glaze is achieved with the use of copper and arsenic to create an opaque stippled turquoise glaze. Rose Kerr in 'Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Quing Dynasty," London, 1986, notes that while visual examination reveals there to be two distinctive types of robin's-egg glaze, one streaked with copper-red and the other stippled with blotches of turquoise and dark blue, further analysis is needed to clarify the chemistry of these glazes, p. 88" (Source: Christie's Hong Kong, The Imperial Sale, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, April 2004."
2,000/4,000 Sold $2,530.00
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