A RARE CARVED CLAIR-DE-LUNE 'BATS' BOWL

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A RARE CARVED CLAIR-DE-LUNE 'BATS' BOWL
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The exterior of the flared sides finely carved in shallow relief to depict the wufu in flight, their eyes, ribbed bodies and extended wings well defined, between incised lines below the rim and foot, all under a very pale even bluish-green glaze
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam., box

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, pl. 19.

Lot Essay

Previously sold in Hong Kong, 15 May 1990, lot 69.

A similar Yongzheng-marked bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Honey, The Ceramic Art of China, pl. 118(a); another from the Meiyintang Collection is illustrated in the Catalogue, Volume Two, p. 203, col. pl. 855.

(US$7,000-9,000)

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