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A RARE RESERVE-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND BOWL
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Thinly-potted with steep, flaring walls blossoming into a six-lobed flower shape and supported on a tall, deeply recessed foot, each lobe demarcated on the exterior with a fine white line border reserved against the rich blue ground framing a chrysanthemum-like spray, bordered below by a double row of overlapping petals and a double bowstring encircling the foot, the stamen, leaf veins and petals all detailed with fine slip trailing, the lobes emphasised on the clear-glazed interior with incised lines (small rim nick to exterior, small section of rim polished)
7 1/2 in (19.1 cm.) diam., box
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Thinly-potted with steep, flaring walls blossoming into a six-lobed flower shape and supported on a tall, deeply recessed foot, each lobe demarcated on the exterior with a fine white line border reserved against the rich blue ground framing a chrysanthemum-like spray, bordered below by a double row of overlapping petals and a double bowstring encircling the foot, the stamen, leaf veins and petals all detailed with fine slip trailing, the lobes emphasised on the clear-glazed interior with incised lines (small rim nick to exterior, small section of rim polished)
7 1/2 in (19.1 cm.) diam., box
Literature
The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, 1995, no. 55.
Exhibited
Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Urban Council and the Min Chiu Society, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, 1992, Catalogue, no. 132.