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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL MEANDER’ This elegant bowl represents the Yongzheng emperor’s taste for
CONICAL BOWL classical styles of the past and his interest in their re-interpretation,
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period resulting in highly innovative contemporary designs of outstanding
Finely painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with simulated ‘heaping quality. While the motif and ‘heaping and piling’ effect of the cobalt
and piling’ around the exterior with a composite floral meander, the was inspired by early Ming blue and white cobalt cobalt blue rich
different flowers borne among feathery leaves, all above a band of linked with iron, the craftsmen infused the scroll with a featheriness that is
ruyi heads around the base, the interior centred with a large bloom with characteristic of Western rococo scrolling fronds, reflecting the artistic
scrolling leafy tendrils within a double line repeated round the rim. and cultural exchange of the early 18th century.
22.4cm (8 7/8 in) diam.
Compare with a very similar bowl, Yongzheng, illustrated in Ming and
£20,000 - 30,000 Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P.Lin Collection, Hong Kong, 2014,
CNY180,000 - 270,000 p.129, no.40.

A similar blue and white conical bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark
清雍正 青花纏枝花卉紋斗笠盌 and of the period, was sold at Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2011,
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款 lot 196.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.