A FINE PAIR OF DOUCAI BOWLS

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A FINE PAIR OF DOUCAI BOWLS
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Well potted with rounded sides on a short foot, the exterior painted and enamelled in the Chenghua style with yellow and aubergine blooms forming four floral medallions, the interior with a similar roundel--4½in. (11.4cm.) diam., box (2)

Provenance

The T.Y. Chao Family Collection

Lot Essay

Cf. another Yongzheng bowl of this size and pattern in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book I, p. 76, pls. 3, 3a-c; and a pair from the Collection of S.Q. Wong illustrated in the Singapore Art Society Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1952, Catalogue, no. 161

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