Lot Essay
An identical bowl was sold in these Rooms, 14 July 1980, lot 214. Compare a Yongzheng example illustrated by Jan Wirgin in Chinese Ceramics from the Axel and Nora Lundgren bequest, Stockholm, 1978, no. 82.
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UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
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A CELADON-GLAZED FLORAL BOWL
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Of conical shape on a high straight foot and everted petal rim, the interior incised with wavy lines radiating from the central medallion, the exterior with similar lines rising from the foot, covered in an even celadon glaze of greenish-grey tone stopping neatly around the foot and thinning to white around the rim
10 1/8 in. (35.7 cm.) wide
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Of conical shape on a high straight foot and everted petal rim, the interior incised with wavy lines radiating from the central medallion, the exterior with similar lines rising from the foot, covered in an even celadon glaze of greenish-grey tone stopping neatly around the foot and thinning to white around the rim
10 1/8 in. (35.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
S. Marchant & Son, London, 1981, no. 34
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 542
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 542
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis