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1972.43-46 (C-6oi) foot-ring and reignmark
on base of 1972.43.46
Bowl

Qing dynasty, nineteenth century
Porcelain with famillejaune and famille rose enamels
13
on the biscuit, 7.1 x 15.2 (2 /i6 x 6)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
INSCRIPTIONS
Spuriously inscribed in standard script on the base in under- HE EXTERIOR DECORATION is INCISED into the body and
glaze blue in two columns of three characters each: Da Qing Tpainted with famille rose enamels against a yellow
Yongzheng nian zhi [made in the Yongzheng reign of the great background. Between the decorative borders are bats
Qing dynasty] carrying double gourds in red, white, green, and
aubergine enamels (the word for bat in Chinese is a
TECHNICAL NOTES homonym of the word for good fortune, u). The green
f
This well-thrown bowl has a high foot and a thin rounded foot- and yellow borders consist of stylized ruyi heads around
ring. The base is recessed and glazed. A slightly mottled yellow
enamel covers the interior. the rim and lotus petals above the foot.
SL
PROVENANCE
(Parish-Watson Gallery, New York); sold to Harry G. Steele
[1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

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