AN EXTREMELY RARE LARGE AUBERGINE-GLAZED BOWL
AN EXTREMELY RARE LARGE AUBERGINE-GLAZED BOWL

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AN EXTREMELY RARE LARGE AUBERGINE-GLAZED BOWL
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Finely potted with rounded sides and a slightly flaring rim, covered overall with a rich lustrous purple glaze stopping in a neat line along the foot, the glazed base incised with the reign mark written in three lines within double-circles
9 3/4 in. (24.6 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection

Lot Essay

No other Qianlong-marked bowl of this glaze and large size appears to be published, although a smaller Kangxi-marked example (12.2 cm. diam.) with straight sides is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, vol. 2, p. 73, no. 195; and again in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Japan, 1983, vol. 15, pl. 34. Cf. also another Kangxi-marked pair of bowls with everted mouth rims (12.6 cm. diam.), sold in these Rooms, 29 October 2001, lot 792.

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