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A RARE SMALL FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND BOWL

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A RARE SMALL FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND BOWL
YONGZHENG YUZHI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Thinly potted and delicately painted in brilliant enamels around the rounded sides with numerous flower sprays radiating upward from the base, including yellow lily, pink, blue and yellow peonies, mallow and other unusual blooms, all against a rich ruby ground of crushed raspberry tone (rim restored, glaze line on interior)
3 5/6 in. (9.2 cm.) diam., box

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Cf. a few rare examples of this type, two from the National Palace Museum are illustrated in the Catalogue, Fine Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Yung-Cheng Period, Book II, 1967, pls. 34 and 35; one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by R. Kerr (ed.), Chinese Art and Design. The T. T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, 1991, pl. 92 (right); and a slightly smaller piece was included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition, Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the T. Y. Chao Family Foundation, 1978, Catalogue, no. 99.

(US$13,000-15,000)

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