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Lot Essay
This attractive and complex millefleurs pattern was used to decorate a limited number of wares bearing differing hallmarks, including bowls, dishes and vases. The blue-emamelled Caixiu Tang zhi (made for the Hall of Brilliant Elegance), is a Qianlong period hall mark.
The elaborate enamel decoration on the present bowl is recorded on another bearing a Yongzheng four-character blue enamel mark, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 18, no. 15 (Fig. 1). An almost identical bowl in size and with the same Kangxi mark is previously in the Robert Chang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 811 (Fig. 2). Compare also to a related Qianlong vase of the same finely detailed millefleurs pattern bearing the same mark, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1264 (Fig. 3).
The elaborate enamel decoration on the present bowl is recorded on another bearing a Yongzheng four-character blue enamel mark, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 18, no. 15 (Fig. 1). An almost identical bowl in size and with the same Kangxi mark is previously in the Robert Chang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 811 (Fig. 2). Compare also to a related Qianlong vase of the same finely detailed millefleurs pattern bearing the same mark, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1264 (Fig. 3).