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28 août 2017

A reverse-decorated coral-ground bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)

A reverse-decorated coral-ground bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)

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Lot 747. A reverse-decorated coral-ground bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795), 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 93,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The bowl has deep, rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, and is decorated on the exterior with a pattern of conjoined leafy tendrils forming arabesques enclosing peony blossoms in the upper register and lotus blossoms in the lower register, all in white and finely penciled coral reserved on a rich coral ground.

ProvenanceCarlo Maria Franzero (1892-1986) Collection, Italy. 
Corrado Zingone Collection, Italy.

NoteAn identical bowl, also from the collections of Carlo Maria Franzero and Corrado Zingone, was sold at Christie’s New York, 17-18 March 2016, lot 1625. 

A reverse-decorated coral-ground bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)

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A reverse-decorated coral-ground bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795), from the collections of Carlo Maria Franzero and Corrado Zingone, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Sold for USD 81,250 at Christie’s New York, 17-18 March 2016, lot 1625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016

Another similar bowl with a Qianlong mark, in the Percival David Foundation, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 94; and three bowls, also with Qianlong marks, in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, Hildesheim, are illustrated by U. Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, nos. 130-2.

Bowl with formalised lotus and chrysanthemum scrolls, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, AD 1736–1795

Bowl with formalised lotus and chrysanthemum scrolls, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, AD 1736–1795. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze iron-red enamel, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Diam. 12,7 cm. Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, PDF,B.700 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum 

Christie's. Marchant: Nine Decades in Chinese Art, 14 September 2017, New York

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