Lot Essay
Compare the small guan-type floral cup illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain (Beijing), Hong Kong, 1999, p. 244, pl. 222.
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UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Details
A GUAN-TYPE-GLAZED BOWL
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
The floral-shaped bowl with flaring sides on a short, tapering foot ring, covered overall in a crackled bluish-grey glaze stopping neatly above the dark-grey foot rim
4 11/16 in. (12 cm.) wide
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
The floral-shaped bowl with flaring sides on a short, tapering foot ring, covered overall in a crackled bluish-grey glaze stopping neatly above the dark-grey foot rim
4 11/16 in. (12 cm.) wide
Provenance
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 243
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