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二 26. A Chinese imperial porcelain clair-de-lune bowl, thinly potted on a straight foot rim, covered on the exterior in a bright even pale

十 lavender glaze, the interior and base glazed white.
六 4 ¾ inches, 12.1 cm diameter.

Six-character mark of Yongzheng within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1723-1735.
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製 • Formerly in the collection of H.R.N. Norton (until 1962).
天 • Sold by Sotheby’s London in their auction of The well-known collection of Chinese Ceramics and Jade formed by the
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釉 Late H.R.N. Norton, Esq. Part 2, 5th November 1963, no. 197, illustrated opposite p. 41.
盌 • Sold by John Sparks Ltd.

• Purchased by Marchant from Bluett & Son Ltd, 16th December 1986.

清 • Sold by Marchant, 10th June 1987.

雍 • A similar pair is illustrated by Christina Chu in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, part 1, pl. 148; another
正 pair, from the Sir Joseph E. Hotung Family Trust was included by Marchant in their Recent Acquisitions catalogue, 2002, no. 17,

《 pp. 32/3; a further pair is illustrated in The Osaka City Museum Exhibition of Qing Porcelain and Works of Art, 1994, no. 111,
大 p. 40; another pair, gifted by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in 2007, no. 64.1-2, is now on permanent display at the
清 Norton Museum, Palm Beach, Florida.

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