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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE 'PEONY' BOWL ᪺㢫᢬ ◢ྑḱ˹♄↢ 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
◢ྑᆙ᳧ྰؠ
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735), THE ENAMELS POSSIBLY LATER
ϝᬝ
Elegantly potted with tall rounded sides and supported on a
ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
short ring foot, the exterior of the bowl is elaborately decorated
in colourful enamels to depict blossoming peony sprays on leafy ࣻ⩠Ӭ։ , - &TTBZBO ⯠⻦⎏㫇᫈ᇌ࠼⟾ᆭ⁍ԕ⿩⿕⎾卿ݎᙻٳᘹ⼖༛
branches, below two insects in flight. ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ᇌᙻٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ
5¬ in. (14.3 cm.) diam., wood stand, box ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݻᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅
⽚ ݻᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
HK$3,000,000-5,000,000 US$390,000-640,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby's London, 8 November 2006, lot 86
The current lot follows the design of Yongzheng palace bowls decorated
with tree peonies which were enamelled in the Palace Workshop of
the Forbidden City. A similarly decorated Yongzheng bowl from the
collection of K.L. Essayan was sold at Sotheby's London, 2 March 1971,
lot 196; then again at Sotheby's London, 14 December 1971, lot 173; then
at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 567; and finally at Sotheby's
Hong Kong 5 October 2016, lot 3669.

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