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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE This ornate, lively pattern was designed during the
COLLECTION Yongzheng period and reproduced by successive Qing
emperors. It is rare to Þ nd a bowl of this pattern bearing a
A PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘FLORAL’ BOWLS
Jiaqing mark; most examples date from the Yongzheng and
JIAQING SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
Daoguang periods. For a Yongzheng period example see
a reconstructed bowl illustrated in Gu taoci ziliao xuancui
each Þ nely potted with rounded sides rising from a short foot
[Selection of ancient ceramics], vol. 2, Beijing, 2005, pl. 143
to a gently ß aring rim, delicately enameled on the interior
and a pair that sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th October
with a medallion of composite iron-red, white and blue-
2016, lot 3624. A Jiaqing bowl of this form and decoration is
petaled ß owers encircled by a band of diaper cells enclosing
red ß orets and further wreathed by interlocked blue and illustrated in The O! cial Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing
Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pl. 362.
green strapwork, all below double-line borders at the rim,
the exterior with six similar clusters of ß owers springing 㶭▱ㄞġġġ櫍⼑剙⋱屓⣿䲳䙴ᶨ⮵
from the foot and framed by interlocked foliate scrolls
forming strapwork panels, all below a yellow-ground band of ˪⣏㶭▱ㄞ⸜墥˫㫦
underglaze blue ruyi at the rim, the base with a six-character
seal mark in underglaze blue (2) Ը๕
Diameter 5⅞ in., 14.9 cm ⋿伶䥩Ṣ㓞啷
䲸䲬喯⭴㭼1996⸜3㚰27㖍炻䶐嘇210
PROVENANCE
South American Private Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 27th March 1996, lot 210.
$ 30,000-50,000

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