18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED NARCISSUS BOWL
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The bowl is supported on three short feet and the rim is embellished with a band of raised bosses. It is covered all over in an unctuous flambé glaze thinning to a pale mushroom tone at the rim. The base is marked with the character er, that may be translated as "two".
7 7/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Property from a Private English Collection.

Lot Essay

Narcissus bowls such as the present one were inspired by earlier imperial Jun ware examples dating to the Yuan (1279-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties, which were also incised or stamped with Chinese numerals to the base. The numbers were indications for pairing flower pots with stands and also appear to have an indirectly proportional relationship with the sizes of the vessels, with ten representing the smallest and one the largest.

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