UNDERGLAZE BLUE SIX-CHARACTER CHENGHUA MARK, 18TH CENTURY

细节

AN UNUSUAL LARGE DOUCAI OGEE BOWL
Underglaze blue six-character Chenghua mark, 18th Century
With broad bell-shape sides rising from a high tapering curved base, the interior painted, enamelled and enhanced in gilt with a central interlocking ruyi motif, surrounded by unusual floral and foliate motifs, the exterior with the eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, above undulating lotus stems and petals around the base
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) diam.

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拍品专文

A smaller example was sold in Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 500. A pair of bowls of this design, but with Kangxi period marks, was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 30 October 2001, lot 794

The design of the central medallion and of the unusual floral sprays around the cavetto are evidently Qing dynasty adaptations of a Chenghua prototype. Compare the present lot with a small doucai Chenghua-marked saucer from the Percival David Foundation, London, illustrated by R. Scott, Flawless Porcelains: Imperial Ceramics from the Reign of the Chenghua Emperor, Singapore, 1995, pl. 25. The Ming prototype has a central medallion with interlinked ruyi-heads, with the exterior enhanced by lingzhi sprays. Now more elaborate, the Cheng-hua inspiration is nevertheless evident