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A PAIR OF PALE CELADON-GLAZED This pair of bowls epitomizes the sophisticated A closely related piece from the Eumorfopoulos
MOLDED ‘FLORAL’ BOWLS qualities characteristic of porcelains made in the Collection and now preserved in the British
Yongzheng period (1723-35). The combination of Museum, London, is illustrated in R.L. Hobson,
YONGZHENG MARKS AND PERIOD
a contemporary form with the luminous, jade-like The George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese,
each with well-rounded sides rising from a slightly qualities of Song dynasty celadon wares re! ects Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain,
tapered foot, molded on the exterior in shallow the emperor’s fascination with antiquities, which London, 1925-8, vol. V, pl. E 314; a fractionally
relief with a formal ! ower scroll with # nely in turn became an important source of inspiration larger one in the in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer
incised details and an upright petal border below, in the production of imperial porcelain. According Museum, Hildescheim, is published in Ulrich
covered overall with a pale bluish-green glaze, to the Taocheng jishi bei [Commemorative Wiesner, Chinesisches Porcelain, Mainz, 1981, pl.
the white-glazed base with a six-character mark stele on a ceramic production], compiled by 87; and another from the Meiyintang Collection,
in underglaze blue within a double circle, wood the brilliant supervisor of the imperial factory illustrated in Regina Krahl, Meiyintang Collection,
stands (4) in Jingdezhen, Tang Ying, in the 13th year of London, 1994-2010, vol. II, pl. 856, was sold in
Diameter 4½ in., 11.4 cm the Yongzheng reign (corresponding to 1735), our Hong Kong rooms, 7th April 2011, lot 23.
pale celadon glazes were amongst the most Another bowl of this type was sold in our Hong
PROVENANCE successful creations of the 57 types of glazes Kong rooms, 5th October 2017, lot 3643; and one
John Sparks Ltd., London. developed at the time. from the Morton and Grace Gordon Collection
Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and was sold at Christie’s New York, 24th March 2011,
thence by descent. lot 1146.
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$ 60,000-80,000
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John Sparks Ltd dࡐ౱
Sidney T Cook 1910 1964 ϗᔛdϤܝ࢕ૄ
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