A LARGE RU-TYPE GLAZED BOWL
A LARGE RU-TYPE GLAZED BOWL
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A LARGE RU-TYPE GLAZED BOWL

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A LARGE RU-TYPE GLAZED BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bowl is heavily potted with gently curved sides rising from a circular foot to a flared rim, covered overall in a finely crackled glaze of sky-blue tone. The ring of the foot is applied with a brown wash.
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

A pair of Yongzheng bowls covered in a Ru-type glaze of similar size to the current example, from the Zande Lou Collection, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Qing Imperial Monochromes: The Zande Lou Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, no. 8.

A number of large yellow-glazed Kangxi bowls probably made for ritual use have been published. Refer for example to a bowl illustrated by J. Ayres, The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1973, vol. 3, no. A446.

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