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A RARE ENAMELLED YELLOW-GROUND 'NINE BATS' BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The interior and exterior of the bowl are decorated in yellow, with the exterior
detailed with nine bats in flight carrying double gourds which are tied with
fluttering blue ribbons, surrounded by green scrolling clouds.
4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) diam.
£15,000-25,000 US$20,000-32,000
€17,000-27,000
PROVENANCE:
Private French Collection
Bowls of this design are unusual as they depart from the usual convention
of only having green-enamelled decorative elements on a yellow ground.
Vessels with various coloured enamels on yellow ground are referred in
the imperial archives as 'a new category of wucai', an innovation of the
Yongzheng period. In both cases, however, the designs were incised for
crisper detail.
Examples of Yongzheng bowls decorated with this pattern include one from
the Constantinidi Collection, illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain,
(mark)
1971, pl. LXIX, no. 3; one in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Kangxi
Yongzheng Qianlong, 1989, p. 238, pl. 67; and various others sold at auction,
such as one from the British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's Hong
Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 78, then again at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2001,
lot 545.

清雍正 黃地綠彩福祿紋碗 雙圈六字楷書款
來源:
法國私人舊藏

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