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A FINE AND RARE CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE-
VERTE ‘PEONY’ BOWL
YONGZHENG YUZHI MARK AND PERIOD
the deep rounded sides supported on a short foot rising to
a slightly flared rim, the exterior decorated in a famille-verte
palette with three large peony blooms, one with green and
pale aubergine petals, the other two with yellow and blue
petals, interspersed with three smaller blooms picked out
in blue, yellow and coral-red, all borne on meandering leafy
stems issuing floral buds on a rich coral-red ground, the base
with a four-character yuzhi reign mark in underglaze blue
within a double square
Diameter 4½ in., 11.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Japanese Private Collection (by repute).

⊖ $ 500,000-700,000

清雍正 珊瑚紅地五彩牡丹紋盌
《雍正御製》款

來源
日本私人收藏 (傳)

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