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A RARE ENAMELLED YELLOW-GROUND Bowls of this design are unusual as they depart from the usual
‘NINE BATS’ BOWL convention of only having green-enamelled decorative elements on a
yellow ground. Vessels with various coloured enamels on yellow ground
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE are referred to in the imperial archives as ‘a new category of wucai,
an innovation of the Yongzheng period. In both cases, however, the
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
designs were incised with crisp details.
The interior and exterior of the bowl are decorated in yellow, Examples of Yongzheng bowls decorated with this pattern include
with the exterior detailed with nine bats in flight carrying double one from the Constantinidi Collection, illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later
gourds which are tied with fluttering blue ribbons, surrounded by Chinese Porcelain, 1971, pl. LXIX, no. 3; one in the Beijing Palace
green scrolling clouds. Museum, illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, 1989, p. 238, pl. 67;
4…À/”ÿ in. (12.2 cm.) diam. and various others sold at auction, such as one from the British Rail
Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 78, then
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000 again at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 545.

PROVENANCE
A French private collection
Sold at Christie's London, 3 November 2020, lot 34

清雍正 黃地粉彩雲蝠紋雞心盌 雙圈六字楷書款
來源
法國私人舊藏 (mark)
倫敦佳士得，2020 年 11 月 3 日，拍品 34 號

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