A Southern Chinese paktong bowl, Yunan,late 18th or early 19th century

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A Southern Chinese paktong bowl, Yunan,late 18th or early 19th century
punched and heightened in coloured enamels with Chinese characters, figures, buildings, cloudbands and foliate ornament, signed to the rim -- 17¼in. (44cm) diam

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Lot Essay

The inscription to the rim of the bowl translates as:
'Jing xing zhai xian qi', (Respectfully made at the Studio of Heavenly Treasures in Yunnan).

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Keith Pinn, Paktong The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680 - 1820, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge Suffolk, England 1999. A comparable example is discussed and illustrated on page 67.

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