YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A COPPER-RED-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The flared sides decorated in copper red of crushed strawberry tone with five bats (wufu) in flight reserved against the soft celadon glaze that also covers the interior below the white rim
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York.
Lot Essay
Many examples of this type of bowl have been recorded. See J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. IV, Geneva, 1974, A532, for a similar bowl.