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A RARE GLAZED BOWL AND COVER WITH CUT-
OUT DECORATION

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The bowl is fnely potted with deep, rounded sides rising to a slightly
everted rim. The sides are decorated with a delicate cut-out band of
fower sprays and covered inside and out with a clear glaze that flls in
the cut-out design and ends in a neat line at the edge of the foot. The
domed cover is similarly decorated.
4º in. (10.9 cm.) diam.
$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE

Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.
A Qianlong-marked bowl of similar size with related decoration, in
the Palace Museum Collection, is illustrated in Selected Porcelains of
the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1994,
p. 362, pl. 99. Another similar bowl was sold at Christie’s
New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1501.
清乾隆 白釉玲瓏蕃蓮紋蓋盌 六字篆書款
來源
Mary Clark Thompson（1835-1923）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1923年。

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