A Guan-type octalobed tripod narcissus bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)
Lot 1990. A Guan-type octalobed tripod narcissus bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 23 cm., 9 in. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,500,000 HKD (144,609 — 241,014 EUR). Lot Sold 1,820,000 HKD (175,459 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.
of the eight-sided vessel with curved shallow sides supported on three cabriole feet, covered overall with a soft blue-tinged grey glaze, suffused with an irregular matrix of fine dark-grey crackles, the slightly recessed underside centred with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue.
For a Song prototype of this form, compare a washer of the same flower shape but lacking the tripod feet, published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum. Southern Sung Kuan Ware, Taipei, 1974, pl. 54.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong. 05 Oct 2011