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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A FINE CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOWL ᪺̗㡳 Ὀῇ☾঄◢ྑ㟛Գḱ˹♄↢ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ⎾ᘳऑ卿ᆄ೅卿᳅⭬卿஄㑷ǯ⎾ݤᙼ⎊㞏ǯം೅Ⅴ⇣⡚஠卿
ӲٖⱤⳞ⡠㧷ݏݤᙼ㿩஠卿प⥾⏇㧷⎏⁍ԕӬភǯ㑷ݤᙼ⎊
The bowl is finely enamelled with three lemon-yellow ground
㞏卿㬪ⱤᝧǸഌ᳖Գ㪏ჺㅳǹ❨ᝧ᪪ǯ
cartouches, each enclosing a broad blossoming peony framed by
foliate scrolls, connected by the slender stems bearing four smaller
ϝᬝ
blue flowerheads amidst further leafy foliage. The elegant design is
Ռᰲ☆՞Ⅷ⻦卿ݣ⻦ᙻ ჺջ
delineated in black and the leaves enamelled in shades of green and
whitish-cream. ႙ࢎႛ൘஠㙛⊇㧷ݏᐃᯧ卿ಫ࠼⡠㱈⎏⛁㵲ዷ卿ײԖ㵲⡠㱈⁍
4 ¡ in. (11.2 cm.) diam. ԕᝤἃ㸓ᚺǯ㘺♎⡠㱈⎏⎾᚝㇦ᙻᄮᾭង⇈⇶ᆭ≢଍卿࢈՗ᘢ
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000 ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։⬄⬖⡚Ǹᄮᾭᇙㅳǹ᪪׾ຽ卿㇦ ჺ㲞ᳰ߅
‸ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ⇈⇶ᆭ厁⟾ᆭǷ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ㫇
PROVENANCE ᫈᪪Նᆭ׾ຽजࣻ⩠⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ׾卿ᐽ৅
An Asian private collection, acquired in 1950s
⽚ǯԳ㪏᪪׾ຽ≾ἃཐ㇦卿ࣻ⩠ ჺ㲞ᳰᘨ᭯⠢⯣Ƕ᳖ង
The current design first appeared on Kangxi falangcai yuzhi ⇷༾Ƿཿ߅Ӭ׾卿㇦எ㢙 ⽚厎ࣿ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ
bowls, such as an example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, ᐽ㐈Ӭ׾卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration
and Famille Rose Decoration, The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 4,
no. 2, which has a slightly different composition and a more
realistic depiction of the flowers. The design was adopted in
Yongzheng period in the famille verte palette, a rare example
of such was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 September
1995, lot 200, which is closer in composition and painting
style to the current bowl than to its Kangxi prototype. Only a
few Qianlong examples bearing this design are known, one
of which was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition,
Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1992, Catalogue,
no. 159; and another was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30
May 2012, lot 3994. This design became more popular in
the 19th century, particularly in the Jiaqing, Daoguang and
Guangxu periods. Compare to a Jiaqing-marked bowl from
the Weishaupt Collection, illustrated by G. Avitabile in From
the Dragon’s Treasure, London, 1987, no. 28, together with a
Guangxu example, no. 29.

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