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PMS 8321C
2802
A CARVED PALE CELADON-
GLAZED ‘BATS’ BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK
IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1723-1735)
清雍正 粉青釉刻五福紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款
HK$600,000-800,000
US$78,000-100,000
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The finely potted bowl is crisply carved in shallow relief around
the exterior with five bats, wufu, in different attitudes of flight, the
details of their ribbed bodies and extending wings well defined,
covered overall in a pale bluish-celadon glaze.
5 √ in. (15 cm.) diam.
PROVENANCE
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New Yrok, 1960s
EXHIBITED
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, 1984-
2017
A Yongzheng bowl of this unusual design is in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, illustrated by W. B. Honey, Ceramic Art of China
and Other Countries of the Far East, London, 1945, pl. 118(a); another
bowl is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, pp. 202-203, no. 855; a pair
included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, Royal
Academy of Arts, London, 1935-1936, is illustrated in the Catalogue,
nos. 2223 and 2225; another single bowl from the Jingguantang
collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 568;
and a further bowl sold at Christie’s New York, 4 November 2008,
lot 190.
來源
Frank Caro，盧芹齋繼承人，紐約，1960年代
展覽
德州聖安東尼奧美術館，1984-2017年
此盌紋飾刻劃細致，釉色純淨，體現了雍正官窯清雅脫俗的美
學特點。近似例藏於倫敦維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館，參考
《Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East》，倫
敦，1945年，圖版118（a）號；以及一件玫茵堂的珍藏，見康蕊
君著《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，倫敦，1994-2010年，第2冊，頁202-
203，圖版855號； 1935-1936年倫敦皇家藝術學院《International
Exhibition of Chinese Art》展覽編號2223和2225；一件來自靜觀
堂的舊藏，見1996年11月3日香港佳士得拍賣，拍品568號；及一
件於2008年11月4日紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品190號。