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This pair of bowls is remarkable for its dynamic and detailed was sold twice in these rooms, 1st November 1999, lot 366
rendering of the anbaxian (Eight Secret Emblems), with and, 10th April 2006, lot 1792; and a further pair was sold at
flattering ribbons painted in two different colours. A closely Christie’s Hong Kong, 25th October 1993, lot 842. See also
related bowl is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art. Chinese two bowls sold in these rooms, the first, 27th April 1999, lot
Ceramics IV, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 139, where the author 434, and the second in 1983, 1990 and 30th October 2000,
suggests that bowls of this type were made in the early lot 164.
part of the Yongzheng reign, before the appointment of This motif is also known painted in underglaze blue, such as
Nian Xiyao (1617-1738) as Superintendent of Customs and a Yongzheng mark and period bowl in the Nanjing Museum,
Director of the Jingdezhen imperial kilns in 1726, p. 67.
illustrated in Xu Huping ed., Treasures in the Royalty. The
A closely related pair of bowls from the T.Y. Chao collection Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai,
was included in the exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah 2003, pl. 170.
Kwong Collection, Hong Kong, 1973, cat. no. 89; another pair