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

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A MING-STYLE COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'THREE FISH' BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The rounded sides of the bowl rise to a gently everted rim, all supported on a low foot ring. The exterior is decorated with three evenly-spaced carp in underglaze copper-red beneath a transparent glaze with a slight bluish tinge.
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 24 March 1998, lot 663.

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Lot Essay

Ever since its first use on Imperial porcelains of the Yuan and early Ming dynasty, copper-red decoration was a challenge for the potter to create with any degree of consistency.
The design is taken from early 15th century prototypes, such as the small rounded bowl with Xuande mark, included in the Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1989, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 75. The motif, however, is more often found on stem bowls.

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