Lot Essay
A very similar pair of Yongzheng-marked famille rose bowls is illustrated in Yamanaka & Co., Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, New York, 1943, no. 1170.
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REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
Details
A PAIR OF FINELY ENAMELED FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
Each bowl has deep rounded sides that flare slightly towards the rim, and is finely decorated on one side with stems of tree peony bearing variously colored blossoms growing amidst asters and spreading above and to the sides of a blue rock below two insects in flight. On the reverse is an inscription in black preceded by a rectangular red seal and followed by two red seals. An apocryphal Yongzheng mark is on the base.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam. (2)
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
Each bowl has deep rounded sides that flare slightly towards the rim, and is finely decorated on one side with stems of tree peony bearing variously colored blossoms growing amidst asters and spreading above and to the sides of a blue rock below two insects in flight. On the reverse is an inscription in black preceded by a rectangular red seal and followed by two red seals. An apocryphal Yongzheng mark is on the base.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection .
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned 1962.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned 1962.
Literature
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 80.
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