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Lot Essay
Previously sold in these Rooms, The Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 54.
Bowls of this pattern decorated in the famille rose palette are rare. Compare with an almost identical bowl from the Grandidier Bequest in the Musée Guimet, illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong 1976, pl. 79. Two related famille verte bowls, from the Maze Foundation, and the collection of Barry Dinan, are also illustrated ibid, pls. 77 and 78 respectively, where the author suggests that this group dates from 1722 to circa 1725.
Famille verte Yuzhi bowls of similar pattern are published: the first from the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Chugoku Toji Zenshu, Japan 1981, vol. 21, pl. 105; and the other from the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Qingdai Hua Falang Tezhan Mulu, Catalogue of Imperial Enamel Wares of the Qing Dynasty, 1979, no. 35; and a pair illustrated by A. du Boulay, Chinese Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 240, fig. 4, sold in our London Rooms, 25 November 1974, lot 196.
Bowls of this pattern decorated in the famille rose palette are rare. Compare with an almost identical bowl from the Grandidier Bequest in the Musée Guimet, illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong 1976, pl. 79. Two related famille verte bowls, from the Maze Foundation, and the collection of Barry Dinan, are also illustrated ibid, pls. 77 and 78 respectively, where the author suggests that this group dates from 1722 to circa 1725.
Famille verte Yuzhi bowls of similar pattern are published: the first from the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Chugoku Toji Zenshu, Japan 1981, vol. 21, pl. 105; and the other from the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Qingdai Hua Falang Tezhan Mulu, Catalogue of Imperial Enamel Wares of the Qing Dynasty, 1979, no. 35; and a pair illustrated by A. du Boulay, Chinese Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 240, fig. 4, sold in our London Rooms, 25 November 1974, lot 196.