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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION ⢢ᷕ⯭炻㜙Ṕ炻岤㕤1945⸜ẍ⇵
㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻℞⺢䩳㕤1950⸜ẋ军1960⸜ẋ
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櫙慹䲳炻䁢㖶㶭⭀䩗䒟☐⮹夳䲳梦⑩䧖炻䴻㞍教℔䥩䘤堐屯
A FINELY ENAMELLED DOUCAI BOWL 㕁炻晵㬋㛅㚱㬌䲳梦⑩䧖ˤ櫙慹炻䁢ᷕ勱喍ᷳᶨ䧖炻⣂䓊
㕤㰇大ˣⶅ嚨ˣ大⋿䫱⛘炻℞剙⎗ὃ奨岆炻℞㟡匾⎗ὃℍ
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 喍炻℟㚱埴㯋妋櫙炻㶭⽫㵤埨炻䔷偅⇑入ᷳ䗪㓰ˤ
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
䙴⽫㕤曺剙暁⚰ℏ丒櫙慹剙ᶨ㛝炻⢾⡩冒ᶲ侴ᶳ↮丒櫍⼑丷㝅
The bowl is well decorated around the exterior in delicate enamels 䲭ˣ湫ˣ曺ᶱ刚櫙慹䲳ˣ曺剙剙叱䲳⍲咖䲳␴咖䒋䲳炻㥳⚾䷩
and underglaze-blue tones to depict a leafy meander bearing six 墯炻㕥⼑晭渿炻⇍℟ᶨ㟤ˤ晵㬋㛅㬌ᶨ䲳梦⑩䧖炻昌⤪㛔㉵⑩
exotic blooms above a band of trefoils and frieze of lappets, the ᷳ櫍⼑⢾炻⯂㚱曺剙⎴⯢⮠䙴炻啷㕤⋿Ṕ⌂䈑昊炻⍫侫˪⭖⺟
interior with a medallion enclosing a single floral bloom. 䍵啷ᷕ⚳㶭ẋ⭀䩗䒟☐˫炻2003⸜炻枩137炷 炸ˤ
4 æ in. (12.1 cm.), diam., Japanese wood box

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

Kochukyo, Tokyo, acquired prior to 1945
A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s

The leafy motif on this bowl is aromatic tumeric, an herb commonly
used in Chinese medicinal practices. It appears that this plant only
appears on Yongzheng-period Imperial porcelain, and is rendered in
various palettes including doucai and blue and white. Compare for
example to a Yongzheng-marked blue and white bowl bearing the
same decoration, in the collection of the Nanjing Museum, illustrated
in Treasures in the Royalty. The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese
Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 137 (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Collection of the Nanjing Museum

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