A DOUCAI CONICAL BOWL

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A DOUCAI CONICAL BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Painted and enamelled around the exterior with four roundels of peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and prunus, the interior with two butterflies in the medallion, the rim bound in metal--8 7/8in. (22.3cm.) diam., box

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Compare with the bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, with similar roundels containing the flowers of the four seasons illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, pl. 31; and another in the Chang Foundation illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, pl. 141

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