A reverse-decorated coral-ground bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)
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.
Provenance: Carlo Maria Franzero (1892-1986) Collection, Italy.
Corrado Zingone Collection, Italy.
Note: An 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), 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. 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
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