QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A GE-TYPE PETAL-LOBED BOWL
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The sides are subtly molded as six petals rising towards the conforming rim, and the bowl is covered inside and out with a blue-grey glaze suffused with dark grey ('iron wire') and gold ('golden thread') crackle. The bottom of the foot is covered with a brown dressing.
4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Fong Chow (1923-2012) Collection, New York.
Christie's New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1210.

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Lot Essay

A pair of similar bowls with Qianlong seal marks is illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, p. 110, no. 73. See, also, the pair of similar Qianlong-marked bowls from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III, sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 646.

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