A Pale Celadon-Glazed Molded Bowl

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Details

A Pale Celadon-Glazed Molded Bowl
Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735)
The exterior finely molded with five bats, the wufu, in graceful flight between incised double-line borders at the rim and encircling the foot, covered overall with a glaze of pale celadon color thinning to a paler tone on the bats and rim
2 15/16in. (15.1cm.) diam., box
Falk Collection no. 273.

Provenance

Roland Moore, Inc., New York, 1935.

Lot Essay

Applied over a pure white pocelain body, the Qing dynasty celadon glazes are delicate and refined. For a similar example of this finely molded bowl, see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, pl. 855. For another example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see W.B. Honey, The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East, London, 1945, pl. 118(a).

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