TONGZHI/EARLY GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908)

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A FINE TURQUOISE-GROUND GRISAILLE DECORATED BOWL
TONGZHI/EARLY GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908)
The rounded sides of the bowl finely decorated in grisaille with a bird in flight amidst hibiscus and chrysanthemum, inscribed in iron-red below the everted mouth rim with the characters, Dayazhai, beside the Tian Di Yi Jia Chun sealmark, all reserved on turquoise-ground, further decorated with gilt on the mouth rim and above the ring foot, the base bearing the characters, Yong Qing Chang Chun in iron-red
4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm.) diam., box

Literature

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 'Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains of the Empress Dowager', Orientations, March 1992, p. 47, fig. 5

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Lot Essay

A covered bowl bearing a Guangxu six-character reign mark in iron-red but designed with a similar composition of a single bird in flight above pink chrysanthemum and yellow mallow flowers, in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, is illustrated in Guanyang Yuci, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2007, p. 165.

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