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A CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE
CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The elegant bowl is fnely potted with a slightly fared rim and is covered on the exterior with a pale
blue glaze in contrast to the white interior .
4æ in. (12.1 cm.) diam.

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1926.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920)
in 1926.
A pair of Yongzheng clair-de-lune bowls of this shape and size is illustrated by Regina Krahl in
Chinese Porcelains from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 839. See, also, the
similar pair of Yongzheng clair-de-lune bowls, from the collection of Professor E. T. Hall, C. B. E.,
sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 270.
For a discussion of clair-de-lune glaze, see the foonote to lot 725.
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