A RARE PAIR OF PALE CELADON-GLAZED MOULDED BOWLS

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A RARE PAIR OF PALE CELADON-GLAZED MOULDED BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Each of deep, rounded conical form, the exterior is moulded in low relief with three sprays of double-gourd vine, each leafy scrolling vine bearing a single gourd positioned below a bat, covered inside and out with a pale celadon glaze of even tone
4¾ in. (12.2 cm.) diam.
(2)

Provenance

A Long Island collector

Lot Essay

Previously sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 2001, lot 262.

A single bowl of this very rare pattern was included in the S Marchant and Son exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng & Qianlong, London, 9-25 June 1996, no. 14. See also the bowl of this pattern sold in at Christie's London, 11 June 1990, lot 164. A pair of slightly lager bowls with the same design was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 15 June 2005, lot 259.

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