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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清雍正 粉彩春梅靈芝盌
A FINE AND EXCEPTIONAL FAMILLE-ROSE 《大清雍正年製》款
‘PRUNUS AND LINGZHI’ BOWL
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG 來源：
倫敦佳士得1964年6月29日，編號170
delicately potted with deep rounded sides supported on a
short foot, the exterior superbly and meticulously enamelled 弗雷德里克．奈特收藏
with two gnarled prunus boughs, one painted in brown 香港蘇富比1982年5月18日，編號43
with a forked trunk and windswept to the left, its knots,
burls and uneven surface finely accentuated with darker
tones of brown, depicted issuing pink buds and blossoms,
the latter revealing exquisitely dotted yellow stamens, the
other smaller grey bough similarly rendered gnarled and
extending to the right across the vessel, issuing creamy
buds and blossoms, the lush scene further portrayed with
two lingzhi blooms growing near the turquoise-flecked
boughs, each layered bloom skilfully highlighted with varying
and transmuting shades of purple, the base inscribed in
underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a
double circle, wood stand
10.1 cm, 4 in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 29th June 1964, lot 170.
Collection of Frederick Knight.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18th May 1982, lot 43.

HK$ 12,000,000-15,000,000
US$ 1,530,000-1,920,000

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