A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE YELLOW-GROUND BOWL

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE YELLOW-GROUND BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Painted on the exterior with a continuous undulating stem bearing five lily blossoms, the interior with a central medallion of a leafy, stylized lotus spray, all within double blue line borders and reserved against a ground of rich egg-yolk yellow tone
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam, wood stand

拍品專文

The style of decoration on the exterior of this bowl is very similar to that found on 'palace bowls' of the Ming Chenghua period, such as the example decorated with mallow blossoms in the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, New York, 1978, p. 100, pl. 66. The author refers to the decoration on these bowls as 'garlands of flowers - lilies, hibiscus, mallow, gardenias - in a style hitherto unknown'.