A DOUCAI ANBAXIAN BOWL
A DOUCAI ANBAXIAN BOWL
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A DOUCAI ANBAXIAN BOWL

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

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A DOUCAI ANBAXIAN BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The slightly flaring rounded sides decorated on the exterior with the Eight Daoist emblems, anbaxian, tied with ribbons between a band of ruyi heads below and a band of linked C-scrolls in underglaze blue above, with a double-peach spray in the base of the interior within double blue line borders.
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Offered at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 October 1993, lot 148

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Lot Essay

This finely potted bowl is decorated in a style that is typical of the refined doucai style in the Yongzheng reign. The outlines of the design are rendered with a very fine brush in a clear, soft blue and the enamel colours are used with delicacy and restraint.
A pair of Yongzheng bowls (13.5 cm) formerly in the T. Y. Chao Collection, bearing the same design as the current bowl, were included in the exhibition, Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Hong Kong, 1973, no. 89; and one from the James and Marilynn Alsdort Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 24 September 2020, lot 821.

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