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A YELLOW-GROUND ‘FORI CHANGMING’ BOWL Bowls of this pattern include one sold in our Hong Kong
QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD rooms, 27th April 2003, lot 190; one sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 3rd November 1998, lot 967; one from the British Rail
the deep, rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently Pension Fund, sold in our London rooms, 13th November
everted rim, the exterior sumptuously enameled with four 1972, lot 180, and sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 16th May
pink medallions Þ nely painted with iron-red trellis pattern 1989, lot 86; one Þ rst sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 20th
and enclosing the characters fo ri chang ming (‘the light May 1987, lot 550, and later at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th
of Buddha shines eternally’) in bright cobalt, all framed by November 2012, lot 2202; and a Þ fth, sold in these rooms,
meandering lush green foliate stems laden with pink and 21st March 2018, lot 699.
blue lotus blossoms against the lemon-yellow ground, the
base with a four-character mark in underglaze blue within a 㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ湫⛘䰱⼑ˬἃ㖍ⷠ㖶˭䙴
double square ˪Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
Diameter 6⅜ in., 16.2 cm
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PROVENANCE
㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炷⁛炸
Japanese Private Collection (by repute).
$ 40,000-60,000
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