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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A LARGE CARVED AND MOULDED ᪺̗㡳 ㅬ㤎㕳טګḱ˹♄૰↢ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
CELADON-GLAZED ‘FLORAL’ BOWL
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QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 㲞ᳰצᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
The bowl is well potted with deep rounded sides, crisply moulded ᬘ㖅Ӭ⡠㱈⏟ऱԳ㪏❨ᝧ᪪㬪㞏⎾卿ᐽ㐈ᙻ㲞ᳰצᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ
and incised on the exterior with a continuous leafy scroll bearing ᚚ卿ᐽ ǯऔᬘ㖅Ӭ։㫇᫈᪪㬪㞏⸥ᮆ⡠⎾卿ⶬᙻ" EV #PVMBZ卿
six peony blossoms, between an archaistic cloud scroll at the Ƕ$ISJTUJF’T 1JDUPSJBM )JTUPSZ PG $IJOFTF $FSBNJDTǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿㮰
mouth rim and a key-fret band around the foot. The interior is ǯ
decorated with a peony spray at the centre, enclosed within a
roundel and further peony scroll on the cavetto, all covered in a
lustrous even celadon glaze.
10 in. (26.7 cm.) diam., box
HK$280,000-400,000 US$37,000-52,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 1994, lot 631
Compare a nearly identical bowl (26.6 cm.) sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1587. Compare also a Yongzheng
example, decorated with a lotus pond scene, is illustrated by A. du
Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1984,
p. 219.
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