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A RARE INCISED CELADON-GLAZED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The bowl is incised with nine bats in fight above rocks and foaming waves on the exterior,
and two bats surrounded by foaming waves in the interior central medallion. The bowl is
covered inside and out with a soft sea-green glaze, thinning to white at the rim.
4æ in, (12 cm.) diam., cloth box
$40,000-60,000
A pair of Yongzheng-marked celadon-glazed ‘bats’ bowls of this unusual pattern was sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3438.
清雍正 粉青釉暗花福海紋小盌 雙圈六字楷書款
(mark)
