Lot 3568. A Fine Blue-Glazed Bowl, Seal Mark and Period of Daoguang (1821-1850). D 14.9cm. Sold for HKD 228,000 (Estimate HKD 80,000 - 120,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022

The mouth is slightly flared and the foot surrounded by a deep belly. The exterior is glazed throughout with a bright blue glaze. The foot is inscribed in seal script, Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi ('Made in the Daoguang period') in blue and white. The glaze is pure. The bowl is of dignified form, with a heavy, well-shaped body and a naturalistic, beautiful curved abdomen, with a thick glaze and deep, stable colour, as blue as the sea. The bowl is an imitation of the Xuan kilns' sapphire-blue glazed bowls of the Qing dynasty, the glaze of which is rich and homogeneous and elegant.

Provenance: Meiyintang Collection, Switzerland.

Published: Kang Ruijun, The Maine Hall Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Volume 2, London, 1994-2010, pp. 190-191, no. 841.

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