YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI 'TRIBUTE BEARERS' BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance

Important Japanese collection, acquired prior to 1970s.

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Lot Essay

The shape, decoration and size of these bowls appear to have been inspired by Wanli-period prototypes decorated in wucai enamels on the exterior with a continuous scene of scholars and mythical beasts between trees below a narrow decorative border, and on the interior with a roundel of a leaping dragon, such as the example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book III, Hong Kong, 1989, pls. 16-16d.

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