A Blue and White Buddhist Emblem Bowl
A Blue and White Buddhist Emblem Bowl

QIANLONG BING WU FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE, CORRESPONDING TO 1786, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A Blue and White Buddhist Emblem Bowl
Qianlong bing wu four-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, corresponding to 1786, and of the period
The exterior painted with four Sanskrit characters within ruyi-head borders reserved amidst a ground of lotus sprays and the Eight Buddhist Emblems, between a ruyi band above and a lappet band below, with a further ruyi band on the interior rim above a central shou character
7in. (18cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A shallow dish of the same pattern, also bearing a four-character Qianlong bing wu mark, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, London, 1954, pl. 79b.

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