A GREEN AND YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED BOWL

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A GREEN AND YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN AUBERGINE AND OF THE PERIOD

The well-potted, rounded sides rising from a cylindrical foot, incised with a continuous scene of birds flying amidst peach branches growing from rockwork on grassy banks, all reserved in green on a pale yellow ground, cracks - 4 5/8 in. (12.6 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Compare a slightly larger example of this pattern with a Yongzheng mark illustrated by Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, no. 210, and a pair with Yongzheng marks illustrated in the Catalogue of Old Oriental Ceramics, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, no. 212