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A FINE AND EXQUISITE PAIR OF YANGCAI RUBY- ᪺㢫᢬nj᧵ྑ⁆☾঄㟛Գḱ˹♄↢ːരnj
GROUND BOWLS 㢴ᑝᙌǗ㢫᢬྽⽗ǘ᜷ᕋᢎ
YONGZHENG YUZHI MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) ⎾ᖊऑ卿ᆄ೅卿஄㑷ǯ⎾ݤ⡵⎊卿ം೅սⅤ⇣⡚㞏ἃ஠卿ம
Each bowl is delicately painted in opaque enamels with three ࡵߎׁӲភ㿩஠㧷ݏ卿ӳ⥾⡚ᆭ⁍ԕǯ㑷஄ݤᙼ⎊㞏卿ᄓ㬪
lemon-yellow-ground shaped panels, each enclosing a broad Ɽ㫐ᙹᡨݤᝧǸ㫇᫈ᇙㅳǹᥓᝧ᪪ǯ
blossoming peony in shaded tones of aubergine, and framed with
ϝᬝ
foliate scrolls connected by the slender stems bearing three smaller
flowerheads picked out in blue amidst further leafy foliage of टⷓⱟ厁∾⫗Ӳӽ
translucent green and yellow shades, detailed in black and ruby 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
enamels.
⮐㙽
4 ƒ in. (10.8 cm.) diam, box (2)
Ƕ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑՀࢦ㙉ჺ୪㰀 ԋஇ≢଍ࣿ႙⻱৅⠢㚁Ƿ卿
HK$12,000,000-15,000,000 US$1,600,000-1,900,000 㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰
PROVENANCE
The Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (1904- 1978)
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 May 1995, lot 668
LITERATURE
Christie’s 20 Years in Hong Kong 1986-2006 – Chinese Ceramics and
Works of Art Highlights, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 225

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