A PAIR OF GRISAILLE-DECORATED YELLOW-GROUND DAYAZHAI BOWLS

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A PAIR OF GRISAILLE-DECORATED YELLOW-GROUND DAYAZHAI BOWLS
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each painted on the exterior en grisaille with fruiting and flowering branches, inscribed in iron-red below the mouth rim with three characters, dayazhai, beside a seal reading tian di yi jia chun (springtime in heaven and earth, one family), all reserved on a yellow-ground, further decorated with a narrow gilt band on the mouth rim repeated above the circular foot, the base with four-character mark in iron-red reading yong qing chang chun (eternal joy and everlasting spring)
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., wood stands, box (2)

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar Dayazhai-marked bowl, although with a turquoise-ground, illustrated in Guanyang Yuci, Beijing, 2007, pp. 207-9. See, also, a related yellow-ground Dayazhai-marked bowl from the collection of Ronald Longsdorf, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 2219.

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