Lot 3539
3539
A FINE AND RARE RUBY-BACK ENAMELLED CUP
A FINE AND RARE RUBY-BACK ENAMELLED CUP
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A FINE AND RARE RUBY-BACK ENAMELLED CUP

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details
A FINE AND RARE RUBY-BACK ENAMELLED CUP
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
With deep curved sides covered to the exterior with an enamel of deep raspberry tone ending at the slightly everted rim, the interior and base white
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Acquired from a private collection, Rome

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Lot Essay

Examples of bowls covered in rich ruby enamel on the exterior but plain on the interior, include one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, p. 252, no. 255. Compare also a pair of ruby-back bowls sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot 684.

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