The Yongzheng Emperor; (13 December 1678 – 8 October 1735), born Yinzhen was the fourth emperor of theManchu Quing Dynasty, and the third Qing emperor to rule over China Proper, from 1722 to 1735.
A hard-working ruler, Yongzheng's main goal was to create an effective government at minimum expense. Like his father, the Kangxi Emperor, Yongzheng used military force in order to preserve the dynasty's position. Suspected by historians to have usurped the throne, his reign was often called despotic, efficient, and vigorous.
Although Yongzheng's reign was much shorter than the reigns of both his father, the Kangxi Emperor, and his son, the Qianlong Emperor, his sudden death was probably brought about by his workload. Yongzheng continued an era of continued peace and prosperity as he cracked down on corruption and waste, and reformed the financial administration.
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Object 2010104
Teacup and Saucer
Provenance: China
Dating: Yongzheng period (1723-1735)
Teacup and saucer, both on a footring with a glazed base, decorated in underglaze blue.
In the centre of the saucer, a pagoda with its chimney smoking on a shore and two cranes flying above wild waves, on the interior rim a stylised laurel border. the reverse is undecorated. On the exterior wall of the teacup a pagoda with its chimney smoking on a shore near wild waves and two flying cranes. Around the inner rim a stylised laurel border and on the bottom three dots.
Dimensions:
Teacup
Height: 40 mm (1.57 inch)
Diameter: 66 mm (2.60 inch)
Diameter of footring: 31 mm (1.22 inch)
Saucer
Height: 20 mm (0.79 inch)
Diameter: 115 mm (4.53 inch)
Diameter of footring: 57 mm (2.44 inch)
Condition teacup: A 1 mm (0.039 inch) and a 2 mm (0.079 inch) glaze fleabite to the rim.
Condition saucer: A firing flaw to the exterior wall.
Price: € 149 - $ 206 - £ 130
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Objects 2010286 & 2010287
A pair of saucers
Provenance: China
Dating: Yongzheng period (1723-1735) or Qianlong period (1736-1795), 2nd quarter 18th century
Two unique saucers on a footring with glazed bases, everted rims with six small indentations both decorated in iron-red, gold, black and various translucent enamel colours.
In the centre of both saucers a finely painted decoration of a flower surrounded by of three flowering branches of pomegranates in various stages of bloom.
The indented rim is characteristic of a group of well-enamelled tea-wares of a thin, pure body produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns.
Dimensions:
Both saucers
Height: 16 mm (0.63 inch)
Diameter: 100 mm (3.94 inch)
Diameter of footring: 60 mm (2.36 inch)
Condition saucer 2010286: A < 1 mm (0.04 inch) fleabite to the rim.
Condition saucer 2010287: A 1 mm (0.04 inch) and 2 mm (0.08 inch) fleabite and a 4 mm (0.16 inch) frit to the rim.
References:
C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam 1997, p.213, nr. 237.
Object 2010286 price: € 99 - $ 136 - £ 86
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010287 price: € 79 - $ 110 - £ 68
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010185D
Teacup
Provenance: China
Dating: Yongzheng period (1723-1735), c.1730-1735
A unique and very rare Chine de Commande eggshell hexafoil teacup on a footring with a glazed base, decorated in iron-red, gold, black and translucent enamel colours.
A finely painted decoration of a European couple seated in a Chinese garden. The woman holds an open cage on her lap. The cage with bird was a well-known symbol of chastity and virginity in European art, and this design showing a couple and an open cage therefore had an erotic meaning.
The Source of this decoration is a painting “ Le Dénicheur d’Oiseaux (The Bird Hunter), by the Frenchman Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater.
The indented rim is characteristic of a group of well-enamelled tea-wares of a thin, pure body produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns.
An identical teacup are illustrated by Howard and Ayers, Vol. II, p. 360, no. 349.
Dimensions:
Height: 35 mm (1.38 inch)
Diameter: 68 mm (2.67 inch)
Diameter of footring: 33 mm (1.29 inch)
Condition: A piece of the wall was broken out and has been professional restored to a very high standard.
References:
C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese export porcelain. Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art an History in Brussels, exhibition catalogue Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1989, pp. 198-199, nr. 75.
C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam 1997, p. 231, nr. 237.
Price: € 149 - $ 207 - £ 129
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 201014
Saucer
Provenance: China
Dating: Late Kangxi period (1662-1722) early Yongzheng period (1723-1735)
A saucer on a footring with a straight rim and a glazed base, decorated in underglaze blue.
In the centre a "Courting Cranes" decoration with a crane in a garden looking to the sky where a bird displays while in flight. Round the interior rim a stylized laurel pattern band. The reverse is undecorated.
Similar decorated saucers can be found on pages 116-117 in the Sotheby's catalogue; Made in Imperial China, 76.000 pieces of Chinese export porcelain from the Ca Mau shipwreck, circa 1725, Amsterdam 29,30 & 31 January 2007.
Dimensions:
Height: 21 mm (0.82 inch)
Diameter: 113 mm (4.45 inch)
Diameter of footring: 56 mm (2.20 inch)
Condition: A 22 mm (0.86 inch) hairline and two tiny, glaze frits to the rim.
Price: € 99 - $ 136 - £ 86
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010558
Bowl
Provenance: China
Dating: Late Kangxi period (1662-1722), or early Yongzheng period (1723-1735)
Small bowl on a footring with a glazed base, decorated in underglaze blue.
On the exterior wall a continuous floral decoration, on the bottom in a double circle, a Lady riding on horseback whit a servant walking in front of her holding a flag.
Dimensions:
Height: 44 mm (1.73 inch)
Diameter: 81 mm (3.19 inch)
Diameter of footring: 36 mm (1.42 inch)
Condition. A firing flaw to the exterior wall, some tiny fleabites and a glaze chip to the rim.
Price: € 99 - $ 136 - £ 86
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
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