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    30 May 2005

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    • AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE VERTE CORA
    Lot 1469 A

    AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL-GROUND BOWL

    Price realised

    HKD 660,000

    Estimate

    HKD 250,000 - HKD 300,000

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    AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL-GROUND BOWL
    YONGZHENG YUZHI MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

    Finely potted and well enamelled in bright tones of lavender, green, yellow, aubergine and iron-red with an abundance of exotic flowers and berries including large poenies, day lilies, camellia and daisies, outlined in black and reserved against a rich coral-red ground, the interior and base with a transparent glaze (rim hairline restored)
    5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) diam., box

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    Lot Essay

    Bowls of this type are attributed to the early Yongzheng reign, as this pattern is very closely related to the Kangxi bowls of this exact design. With the introduction of pink enamels in the late Kangxi period, some of these bowls were decorated in the famille rose palette, instead of the more usual famille verte enamels. For the same reason, in the Yongzheng reign, famille verte survived for a short period, thus further supporting an early date of manufacture for the present lot.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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