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清雍正 綠褐釉小盃
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
The green glaze applied to the exterior of the cup is also known as 'watermelon rind green glaze' (guapi lü you 瓜皮綠釉) due to its resemblance to the colour of watermelon rinds. It is a low-temperature coloured glaze that uses copper oxide as its colourant. The glaze is lustrous, exhibiting a bright, vivid emerald-green hue. This glaze was first developed during the Jiajing period of the Ming dynasty and revived in the Kangxi period.
The present lot is distinguished by its striking colour combination, featuring an amber-toned interior glaze contrasted with a rich green exterior glaze. This palette may have been inspired by the cups produced at the Gongxian kilns during the Tang dynasty, see two related green-and-amber-glazed cups, Tang dynasty, illustrated in Sekai tōji zenshū (Ceramic Art of the World) (世界陶瓷全集), Tokyo, 1976, vol.11, p.240, fig.65.
See a related small yellow-glazed cup, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 6 November 2014, lot 30. See also a related small aubergine-glazed cup, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 November 2023, lot 892.