A rare turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)

4 novembre 2020

A rare turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)

Lot 10. A rare turquoise-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 9.4 cm, 3¾ in. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP. Lot sold: 78,120 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

delicately potted, with gently rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, covered to the exterior save for the base with a rich turquoise-blue glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a circle.

Exhibited: Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 55.

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 137.

Zhongguo mingtao riben xunhui zhan. Gangtai mingjia shoucang taoci jingpin [Exhibition of Famous Chinese Ceramics Touring Japan. Fine Ceramics from Private Hong Kong and Taiwanese Collections], Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, 1992, p. 181.

Note: This charming bowl belongs to select group of exquisitely potted hemispherical bowls covered in vivid pastel enamels and made in the Yongzheng period. Known also in lemon yellow, rose-pink, coral red and lime green, examples covered in this striking turquoise glaze are unusual. This enamel colour was first developed during the Yongzheng period and was achieved by adding an opaque white enamel to the glaze mixture.

A closely related bowl in the Fondation Baur, Geneva, is illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1972, vol. III, pl. A478; another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession no.09.194.23), is published in Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl. 257; a third, from the collection of Emily Trevor and the Meiyintang collection, was sold at Christie’s New York in 2007, and in our Hong Kong rooms, 4^th April 2012, lot 2; and its pair was sold in these rooms, 7^th November 2012, lot 270

A turquoise-enamelled bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 9.1 cm., 3 1/2 in. Estimate 900,000-1,200,000 HKD. Sold: 2,180,000 HKD at Hong Kong, 04 april 2012, lot 2. Photo Sotheby's

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Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain – A Private Collection, London, 4 November 2020