Sale 5831
Singapore
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30 March 1997
Price realised
SGD 4,600
Estimate
A RESERVE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWL XUANTONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD The rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, the exterior decorated in white with leafy bamboo sprays, all reserved on a rich coral-red ground 7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam.
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Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 162 National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 162
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife