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                                                                                                                                   A FINE AND SMALL YELLOW-GROUND AND        清雍正   黃地青花蓮托梵文小墩式盌
                                                                                                                                   UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ‘LANÇA’ BOWL
                                                                                                                                   MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG              《大清雍正年製》款
                                                                                                                                   the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within   來源
                                                                                                                                   a double square
                                                                                                                                   Diameter 3⅝ in., 9.3 cm                   香港蘇富比1999年4月27日,編號506

                                                                                                                                   PROVENANCE
                                                                                                                                   Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27th April 1999, lot 506.
                                                                                                                                   Inspired by Chenghua period design, the present example
                                                                                                                                   is exceptionally rare. Two pairs of similar Yongzheng bowls
                                                                                                                                   but lacking the pale-yellow ground were sold in our Hong
                                                                                                                                   Kong rooms, the first on 7th April 2015, lot 3677 and the
                                                                                                                                   second on 6th April 2016, lot 3633. For a Chenghua period
                                                                                                                                   bowl of similar design, see one included in the exhibition
                                                                                                                                   The Emperor’s Broken China: Reconstructing Chenghua
                                                                                                                                   Porcelain, Sotheby’s, London, 1995, cat. no. 86.
                                                                                                                                   $ 20,000-30,000


















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           A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-            清乾隆   黃地綠彩趕珠龍紋花口小盤一對
           ENAMELED ‘DRAGON’ FOLIATE-RIM DISHES
           SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG         《大清乾隆年製》款
           the base of each with a six-character seal mark in underglaze   來源
           blue (2)                                  吉慶堂,香港,2005年4月26日
           Diameter 5¼ in., 13.3 cm
           PROVENANCE
           Orientique, Hong Kong, 26th April 2005.

           $ 20,000-30,000

















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