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YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A RARE PAIR OF IRON-RED AND GRISAILLE-DECORATED BOWLS
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Very thinly potted, one bowl is finely decorated with a butterfly perching on a leafy gourd-vine with curling tendrils highlighted with delicate iron-red details, and the other with a spreading branch bearing pomegranates and flowers. Each bowl is decorated on the reverse with poetry from the Tang dynasty, one celebrating gourds and the other pomegranates, beside indecipherable iron-red seal marks.
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam.
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Very thinly potted, one bowl is finely decorated with a butterfly perching on a leafy gourd-vine with curling tendrils highlighted with delicate iron-red details, and the other with a spreading branch bearing pomegranates and flowers. Each bowl is decorated on the reverse with poetry from the Tang dynasty, one celebrating gourds and the other pomegranates, beside indecipherable iron-red seal marks.
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Private collection, France.