AN UNUSUAL CELADON-GLAZED CARVED BOWL

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

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AN UNUSUAL CELADON-GLAZED CARVED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Of shallow rounded form, carved in low relief on the exterior with a continuous scrolling meander of a slender undulating stem bearing four flowers alternating with leaves above a band of delicate overlapping petals, with a flower head incised in the center of the interior, all under a glaze of pale blue-green tone thinning very slightly on the raised areas, the base similarly glazed
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A very similar bowl, also with Yongzheng mark, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 202-3, no. 856; and another in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, is illustrated by U. Wiesner, Chinesisches Porcelain, Mainz, 1981, p. 155, no. 87. See, also, the very similar bowl sold in these rooms, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1445.

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