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foot-ring and inscription
1972.43-51 (C-6o6)
on base of 1972.43.51
Bowl

Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908)
Porcelain with famille jaune enamels on the biscuit,
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3
6.1 x 13.2 (2 /s x 5 /6)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in standard script on the base -in underglaze blue in HIS BOWL is DECORATED WITH incised designs of two
two columns of two characters each: Qinghua zhenqi [Precious Tfive-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls among
vessel of the Hall of Pure Splendor] clouds, colored in green on a yellow ground. A ring of
crashing waves encircles the bowl above the foot.
TECHNICAL NOTES Although the design on the exterior originates in the
The bowl has a pronounced S-curve profile, a rounded foot- middle Ming dynasty, the shapes of the vessel and the
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ring, and a recessed and glazed base. The interior is covered by
a slightly mottled yellow enamel; the exterior is decorated with dragons point to a date in the Guangxu period 2 and can
incised decoration under the glaze. be compared with marked Guangxu examples.
SL
PROVENANCE
(Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York); sold December 1940 to NOTES
Harry G. Steele [1881—1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele. 1. Lefebvre d'Argence 1967, pi. 586.
2. Compare Kwan 1983, pi. 134.

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