A VERY RARE CARVED TURQUOISE-ENAMELED BOWL
A VERY RARE CARVED TURQUOISE-ENAMELED BOWL
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
A VERY RARE CARVED TURQUOISE-ENAMELED BOWL

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

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A VERY RARE CARVED TURQUOISE-ENAMELED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The bowl is potted with deep rounded sides rising to a slightly flared rim, and carved in low relief on the exterior with two archaistic dragons on a ground of incised leiwen, below a key-fret band at the rim and above carved double lines encircling the ring foot, all under an opaque, turquoise enamel in contrast to the white interior.
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Donald L. Ballantyne (1895-1974) Collection, acquired in Asia prior to 1942.

Lot Essay

Bowls of this type and other vessels decorated with archaistic motifs made during the 18th century reflect the Qing emperor’s interest in the motifs and forms of archaic bronzes. For other Yongzheng-marked turquoise-enameled bowls of this rare type, see the bowl included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, p. 56, no. 53a; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 1994, vol. 2, pp. 242-3, no. 911; and two other examples, one illustrated by B. Till, Porcelain of the High Qing: The Brian S. McElney Collection, Victoria, British Columbia, 1983, no. 48, and one in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, San Francisco, 1996, p. 283, no. 559.

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