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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘FLORAL’ BOWL 清雍正 後加琺瑯彩芙蓉桂花圖
THE PORCELAIN YONGZHENG MARK 詩文盌
AND PERIOD
THE ENAMELS LATER-ADDED 《大清雍正年製》款
詩文：
the rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered
foot to a subtly lipped rim, the exterior later- 枝生無限月 花滿自然秋
painted in brilliant enamels with a rocky outcrop
in the center of a garden in full bloom, a gnarled 印文：
osmanthus tree growing to one side issuing 佳丽 四時 長春
tiny yellow blossoms amidst verdant leaves,
tall peony stems towering above the other 來源
plants, their slender shoots bending under the 蘇富比 Parke-Bernet，1939年5月11日，
weight of massive blossoms and buds poised 編號119
to burst open, sprigs of blue aster and other
varietals thriving below, a poetic inscription at 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
the opposite side of the bowl reading zhi sheng
wu Xian yue, hua man zi ran qiu (‘branches
nurtured for month upon month, flowers in
full bloom, but now autumn’), the base with a
six-character mark in underglaze blue within a
double circle
Diameter 5¾ in., 14.6 cm
PROVENANCE
sotheby’s parke-Bernet, 11th may 1939, lot 119.
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

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