UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)

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A RARE BLUE-GLAZED BOWL AND COVER
Underglaze-blue Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-35)
The bowl with steep sides rising to a flaring rim and moulded around the widest part with two raised bands, the white-glazed interior inscribed with the nianhao within a double circle, the shallow domed cover surmounted by an archaistic bird finial and inscribed on the white-glazed underside with a second unenclosed nianhao, the exterior all under a dark even blue glaze stopping neatly around the foot
7 3/8 in. (18.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare the related slip-decorated example sold in our New York Rooms, 1 June 1990, lot 216, and a pair of bowls similar to the bowl here offered but without covers, sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 1-2 October 1991, lot 797
For a discussion of the Ming prototypes from which the shape of this bowl is derived, refer to the footnote accompanying the catalogue description of the Xuande underglaze blue and red bowl and cover, sold in these Rooms, 16 November 1998, lot 99

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