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

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A CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The elegant bowl is finely potted with a slightly flared rim and is covered on the exterior with a pale blue glaze in contrast to the white interior .
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1926.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1926.

Lot Essay

A pair of Yongzheng clair-de-lune bowls of this shape and size is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Porcelains from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 839. See, also, the similar pair of Yongzheng clair-de-lune bowls, from the collection of Professor E. T. Hall, C. B. E., sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 270.
For a discussion of clair-de-lune glaze, see the foonote to lot 725.

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