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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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         A FINE AND VERY RARE DOUCAI AND                   ᪺㢫᢬   㮓ྑؠ◢ྑ⎽૔˖૩♄↢   㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
         FAMILLE ROSE 'SANDUO' BOWL                        ϝᬝ
         YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE   㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿     ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚ卿ᐽ৅      ⽚
         WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
                                                           ᫉⎾㙁ᆨ෈★卿㞏ⰰՙ㿃᳖ᙲ卿ս⒢ᦂǮדᏛǮ⳩៨⢑ᎰǸӲഅஎǹ卿
         The bowl is finely potted with rounded sides rising to the gently
                                                           ヿ→അ◙Ǯഅ೰Ǯഅຽ⎏⧻ൃዪ㯳ǯ㫇᫈ង㲛ࠛᙻ㶯ᆭ଍ӳᙼ࠼⟾ᆭ卿
         everted mouth rim, delicately painted on the exterior with enamels
                                                           ռ⡠㱈ᝤ᳎ྉ᪖ዷࣿⰰᆭ卿ዂ۔ӽ׾ຽӶഅǯទ⎾⎾ᇵᡥຽӬ⛘ս█⡚
         in underglaze-blue outlines to depict three fruiting and flowering
                                                           ᆭ㿽⣧卿սヿ㙤៧༰ᾳ㘲㱇ᶕԠዷ卿ᥑݰ⊺ዪǯऱ㯸׾ຽ㬳჎ཐ㇦卿ࣻ
         sprays of pomegranate, lychee, and finger citron, all together
                                                           ⩠厍㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ      ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭཌ卿ᐽ৅     ⽚厎4 $  %BWJT ⯠
         forming the auspicious sanduo, Three Abundances. The interior
                                                           ⻦Ӭཌ卿ߎߣᙻ      ჺ    ᝲ    ᚚࣿ      ჺ    ᝲ    ᚚᙻ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ
         medallion has a leafy cluster of two peaches in shaded apple-green
                                                           ᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ߎἃ   ⽚卿ࣿ   ⽚厎㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭཌ卿
         and iron-red, within double lines repeated below the rim.
                                                           ᐽ৅      ⽚厎ࣿເ▼ᾭ།ᚉ⯠⻦Ӭ։卿ᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ      ჺ   ᝲ   ᚚ
         6 ¡ in. (16 cm.) diam.
                                                           ᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅      ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯ
         HK$3,800,000-4,500,000        US$500,000-580,000
         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 11 April 2008, lot 2834
         Yongzheng-marked bowls of this pattern are extremely rare and only
         very few examples are known, including a pair sold at Sothebys Hong
         Kong, 15 May 1990, lot 286; a pair from the collection of S. C. Davis
         (1871-1940), sold separately at Sothebys New York, the first bowl sold
         on 27 November 1990, lot 190, and the other, sold 26 November 1991,
         lot 356; a pair sold at Christies Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1366; and
         a single bowl from the family of K’ung Hsiang-Hsi, sold at Christie’s
         Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3109 (fig. 1). It is interesting to note the
         unusual stippling effect of the iron red in the portrayal of the ripened
         peach fruits on the interior. This method probably started in the late
         Kangxi period, and can been seen on the peaches of a Kangxi-marked
         doucai bowl from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qingdai
         Yuyao Ciqi, Beijing, 2005, p. 126, no. 32. During the Yongzheng period,
         the doucai technique was further enhanced with the addition of the
         famille rose enamels, enriching the colour combinations and texture of
         the decoration, as exemplified on the current bowl.




















                                                                fig. 1  Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3109
                                                              எӬ  ເ▼ᾭ།ᚉ⯠⻦卿㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿     ჺ   ᝲ   ᚚ卿ᐽ৅      ⽚



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