A RARE MOLDED FAUX CARVED RED LACQUER BOWL
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A RARE MOLDED FAUX CARVED RED LACQUER BOWL

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE MOLDED FAUX CARVED RED LACQUER BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
With shallow, upright sides rising to an everted rim, the exterior finely molded with five bats (wufu) reserved against a wave ground scattered with flowers, above a band of froth-capped waves crashing against rocks, all covered in coral-red enamel, the interior gilded in imitation of a gold liner, with six spur marks on the iron-red base
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1931.

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Lot Essay

A closely related, Qianlong period, imitation lacquer porcelain bowl of nearly the same size (12.8 cm. diam.), also with gilt interior, although with dragons amidst waves on the exterior, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Qing Imperial Porcelain, Nanjing Museum and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, no. 74.

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