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A RARE CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE-VERTE BOWL YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER YUZHI MARK AND PERIOD
Description
- Porcelain
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 12th December 1989, lot 425.
Sotheby's London, 6th December 1994, lot 202.
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A bowl of this design in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the Museum’s exhibition Porcelain with Painted Enamels of Qing Yongzheng Period, Taipei, 2012, cat. no. 17; one in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, is illustrated in Chugoku toji zenshu [Complete book of Chinese ceramics], vol. 21, Kyoto, 1981, pl. 105; two are illustrated in Hugh Moss, op. cit., pls 77 and 78, the first from the Maze Foundation, and the second, one of a pair, from the collection of Barry Dinan, previously sold at Christie’s London in 1974, and twice in our Hong Kong rooms, 22nd May 1979, lot 237, and 26th October 1993, lot 144; a pair from the British Rail Pension Fund was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 16th May 1989, lot 72, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st/3rd May 1994, lot 738; and a further pair from the collection of John F. Woodthorpe, was sold in these rooms, 3rd May 1994, lot 215, and again in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd May 1994, lot 215. Bowls of this design are also found with touches of famille-rose enamels, which would suggest a slightly later date; see one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum’s exhibition Porcelain with Painted Enamels of Qing Yongzheng, op. cit., cat. no. 16; and another from the Grandidier bequest in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated in Hugh Moss, op. cit., pl. 79; where the author suggests it was produced between 1722 and 1728.
Bowls painted in famille-verte enamels with peonies over a coral ground are also known with yellow flower heads, such as two in the National Palace Museum, included op. cit., cat. nos. 18 and 19; and another from the collection of E. Cohen, sold in these rooms, 2nd/3rd December 1974, lot 484.