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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY Ṇ㳚䥩Ṣ䍵啷炻ℍ啷㕤1950⸜ẋ

3216 䙴㔆⎋炻⻏⡩炻㶙儡炻⚰嵛ˤ䙴ℏ㕥䘥慱ˤ⢾⡩䍲䐂䲭⛘炻
ᶱᾳ剙勱䲳攳⃱ℏ㕥湫⛘炻⎬丒䚃攳䘬䈉ᷡᶨ㛝ˤ嵛ℏ㕥䘥
A FINE CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOWL 慱炻曺剙㚠ˬ⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˭䭮㚠㫦ˤ

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD ⶍ⋈ⶏ⥁⛘忳䓐攳⃱㈨㱽炻⡆≈䲳梦䘬䩳橼デ炻ἧᷣ橼䲳梦
(1736-1795) 䈉ᷡ㚜䁢歖㖶ˤ忁䧖䲳梦䘬䙴㖑夳㕤⹟䅁㛅䏢䐗⼑䒟☐炻⊿
Ṕ㓭⭖⌂䈑昊啷ᶨẞ傕傪䲭ˬ⹟䅁⽉墥˭㫦ἳ⫸炻夳1999⸜
The bowl is finely enamelled with three lemon-yellow ground 楁㷗↢䇰㓭⭖⌂䈑昊啷㔯䈑䍵⑩ℐ普˪䏢䐗⼑炽䰱⼑˫炻⚾
cartouches, each enclosing a broad blossoming peony framed by 䇰2嘇ˤ晵㬋㫦Ḽ⼑ἳ⫸⎗⍫侫䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿1995⸜9㚰21㖍㉵
foliate scrolls, connected by the slender stems bearing four smaller 岋ᶨἳ炻㉵⑩200嘇ˤḦ昮㫦ἳ⫸䓂䁢⮹夳炻⍫侫1992⸜楁㷗
blue flowerheads amidst further leafy foliage, delineated in black 㓷㯪䱦况˪㶭㛅䐘⮞˫⯽↢ᶨἳ炻夳⚾抬159嘇烊⍲楁㷗Ἓ⢓
and in shades of green and whitish-cream. ⼿2012⸜5㚰30㖍㉵岋ᶨἳ炻㉵⑩3994嘇ˤ
4 ¡ in. (11.2 cm.) diam.

HK$1,500,000-2,000,000 US$200,000-260,000

PROVENANCE

An Asian private collection, acquired in 1950s

The current design first appeared on Kangxi falangcai yuzhi bowls,
such as an example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose
Decoration, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 4, no. 2, which has a slightly different
composition and a more realistic depiction of the flowers. The design
was adopted in Yongzheng period in famille verte palette, a rare
example of such was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 September
1995, lot 2000, which is closer in composition and painting style to
the current bowl than to its Kangxi prototype. Only a few Qianlong
examples bearing this design are known, one of which was included in
the Ming Chiu Society exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong
Kong, 1992, Catalogue, no. 159; and another was sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3994. This design became more popular
in the 19th century, particularly in the Jiaqing, Daoguang and Guangxu
periods. Compare to a Jiaqing-marked bowl from the Weishaupt
Collection, illustrated by G. Avitabile in From the Dragon’s Treasure,
London, 1987, no. 28, together with a Guangxu example, no. 29.

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