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PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Originating from the Yongzheng period and possibly in uenced
by European sepia wares, the technique for painting porcelain
A GRISAILLE-PAINTED ‘RIVERSCAPE’ BOWL with black ink enabled the artisans of the imperial workshop
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD to invoke the compelling attributes of traditional Chinese
landscape painting for decorative use.
the steeply rounded sides everting to a lipped rim, nely
painted to the exterior with a continuous scene of a shing For another closely related pair of grisaille-decorated bowls,
boat plying the waters through a rocky ravine with thatch- inscribed with similar underglaze blue reign marks in three
roofed cottages and a gnarled pine tree, the interior plain, the columns, see the pair from the estate of William and Jennifer
base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue, wood stand Shaw, sold in these rooms 11th-12th September 2012, lot 83.
(2) Another pair was sold in our London rooms, 20th June 2001,
Diameter 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm lot 18. Compare also a pair of bowls included in the exhibition
The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Hong Kong Museum of
PROVENANCE Art, Hong Kong, 1984, cat. no. 57.
Acquired between 1930-36, and thence by descent. $ 20,000-30,000
1930 1936
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