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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
1802
A VERY RARE CARVED TURQUOISE-ENAMELED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The bowl is potted with deep rounded sides rising to a slightly fared rim, and carved in low relief on the
exterior with two archaistic dragons on a ground of incised leiwen, below a key-fret band at the rim and
above carved double lines encircling the ring foot, all under an opaque, turquoise enamel in contrast to the
white interior.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) diam.
$50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE
Donald L. Ballantyne (1895-1974) Collection, acquired in Asia prior to 1942.
Bowls of this type and other vessels decorated with archaistic motifs made during the 18th century
refect the Qing emperor’s interest in the motifs and forms of archaic bronzes. For other Yongzheng-
marked turquoise-enameled bowls of this rare type, see the bowl included in the Min Chiu Society
exhibition, Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, p. 56,
no. 53a; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 1994, vol. 2, pp.
242-3, no. 911; and two other examples, one illustrated by B. Till, Porcelain of the High Qing: The Brian
S. McElney Collection, Victoria, British Columbia, 1983, no. 48, and one in the Asian Art Museum of San
Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, San Francisco, 1996, p. 283, no. 559.
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