• The Imperial Sale auction at Christies

    Sale 2913

    The Imperial Sale

    Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall

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    30 May 2012

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    • A PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED INCIS
    Lot 3969

    A PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED INCISED-DECORATED BOWLS

    KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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    HKD 980,000

    Estimate

    HKD 800,000 - HKD 1,200,000

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    A PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED INCISED-DECORATED BOWLS
    KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
    The bowls are each potted with wide sides rising to a gently everted rim. They are incised to the exterior with six highly stylised floral blooms borne on leafy stems, the interiors are undecorated. Each is covered overall in an even pale celadon glaze.
    6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam., box (2)

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    Lot Essay

    Celadon bowls of this type, in imitation of Longquan wares, have prototypes as early as the Yongle period (1402-1424). A Longquan-type celadon bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated to the Yongle period, has incised floral decorations very similar to the current pair of bowls, and is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p.187, no. 169.

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