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PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION
LOTS 522 - 547
522 Y
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE
‘QUAIL AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS’ BOWLS
Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period
Each finely potted with a hemispherical body supported on a short
tapered foot ring, the exterior superbly enameled with a pair of quail
with finely articulated feathers, one standing on a stippled, verdant
ground, the other on a mossy blue garden rock, in front of blooming
chrysanthemum shrubs with tall flowering stems, the large pink
blossoms flanking the quail, the other stems extending over the rim
into the interior, and bearing further pink, puce and yellow blooms, the
foot inscribed in underglaze-blue with the six-character mark within a
double-circle, wood stands.
3 3/4in (9.5cm) diam. (4).
$300,000 - 500,000
清雍正 御製粉彩安居樂業圖盌一對 《大清雍正年製》款
Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent
Internet bidding will be restricted for this lot
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