Lot 1587. A large moulded celadon-glazed bowl, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 192,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006

Well potted with deep rounded sides, crisply moulded and incised on the exterior with a continuous leafy scroll bearing six peony blossoms, between an archaistic cloud-scroll at the mouth rim and a key-fret band around the foot, the interior incised with a central peony spray enclosed within a roundel and further peony scrolls around the cavetto below key-fret, all covered in a lustrous celadon glaze pooling to a darker colour in the incised decoration and thinning on the moulded extremities, box.

Note: A similar bowl was sold in these Rooms, 31 October 1994, lot 631; and a Yongzheng example, decorated with a lotus pond scene, is illustrated by A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 219.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 28 November 2006