A PAIR OF SMALL PERSIMMON-RED BOWLS

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE OF THE PERIOD

Details

A PAIR OF SMALL PERSIMMON-RED BOWLS
Yongzheng Six-Character Marks in Underglaze Blue Within a Double Circle of the Period
The rounded sides and ring foot covered on the exterior with a finely mottled reddish-orange glaze with soft, lustrous, matte surface, the interior and mouth rim glazed white
3 7/8in. (10cm.) diam., box (2)

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Chinese Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 26

Lot Essay

Similarly glazed bowls of this shape with Yongzheng marks, but of somewhat larger or smaller size, are illustrated in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 297, no. 126; in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Monochromes, Taibei, 1981, Catalogue, p. 49, no. 11; and a pair included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, In Pursuit of Antiquities, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Catalogue, p. 189, no. 141