Lot Essay
A very similar pair of bowls is in the Baur Collection, illustrated by Ayers in the Catalogue, vol. IV, no. A 599. For other similarly painted bowls, see Hugh Moss, By Imperial Command, 1976, pl. 63
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
Each exquisitely painted on the exterior with two large peonies, one in shaded iron-red stippled in the center with yellow enamel pollen meant to attract the bees hovering nearby, one in white enamel tinged with pink at the edges of the petals, with a third slightly smaller blossom enameled in pink borne on a branch extending to the side beyond a group of small chrysanthemums rising from the foot, one with hair crack--4in. (10.2cm.) diam. (2)
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
Each exquisitely painted on the exterior with two large peonies, one in shaded iron-red stippled in the center with yellow enamel pollen meant to attract the bees hovering nearby, one in white enamel tinged with pink at the edges of the petals, with a third slightly smaller blossom enameled in pink borne on a branch extending to the side beyond a group of small chrysanthemums rising from the foot, one with hair crack--4in. (10.2cm.) diam. (2)