Lot 3570. A Carved Yellow-Glazed ‘Floral’ Bowl, Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong (1736-1795). H 6.1cm. Sold for HKD 456,000 (Estimate HKD 220,000 - 280,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022

The bowl has an open mouth, an arched belly, and a rounded foot; the core and exterior of the bowl are both covered in yellow glaze, the interior decorated with a double circle of five-petalled conchoidal flowers; the lower part of the exterior is decorated with lotus petals around the circumference of the bowl, above which are four conchoidal flowers, interspersed with scrolling clouds and rising clouds. The foot is inscribed in blue and white seal script, 'Made during the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty'.

Provenance: Meiyintang Collection, Switzerland.

Published: Kang Ruijun, The Meiyintang Hall Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Volume IV (II), London, 1994-2010, p. 380, no. 1821.

Note: Vessels with yellow glaze inside and out were known as 'yellow wares' or 'palace wares', with yellow porcelain with a dragon pattern being used by the emperor, while yellow porcelain without a pattern was mostly used by the crown prince and empress, and only white inside and yellow outside could be used by the imperial consort, a system that continued from the early Qing to the end of the Qing dynasty. This system continued from the early Qing dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. A relatively rare example of this type of bowl is to be found in the former collection of Xu Zhentang, Hong Kong, sold in the Jingguan Tang Collection, Christie's, New York, 18 September 1997, no. 161.

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