YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

Details

A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The bowl is brightly decorated on the exterior with a continuous scene of cockerels, a hen and chicks in a peony garden, the center of the interior with sprays of chrysanthemums.
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Martin-Hurst Collection (according to label).
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1993.

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Lot Essay

A similarly decorated famille rose bowl with brilliantly enameled cockerels, hens and peonies, of similar size (15 3/4 in.) to the current bowl, from the Martin-Hurst Collection, is illustrated in G. C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, London, 1970, pl. II (lower), where it is noted to illustrate "the highest water mark of famille rose decoration ..."

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