Lot 768
768
A VERY RARE PALE BLUE-GLAZED CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM DEEP BOWL
A VERY RARE PALE BLUE-GLAZED CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM DEEP BOWL
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A VERY RARE PALE BLUE-GLAZED CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM DEEP BOWL

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A VERY RARE PALE BLUE-GLAZED CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM DEEP BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The bowl is finely potted with deep, rounded sides molded as twenty-eight chrysanthemum petals that rise from the conformingly molded foot to the scalloped rim, and is covered overall with a glaze of very pale sky-blue color that thins on the ribs in the interior and pools between the petals on the exterior.
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) diam., silk pouch, Japanese wood box

Lot Essay

Bowls of this shape and size with Yongzheng marks are very rare, and only two others are known: one sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 71, the other at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 943.

Chrysanthemum dishes are well known, with a complete set of twelve in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, pp. 282-83, pl. 257. Like the present bowl, these dishes all have a Yongzheng mark.

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