A FINE WHITE-GLAZED MOULDED 'JIQINGYOUYU' MARRIAGE BOWL INCISED SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG

the deep bowl with rounded sides supported on four ruyi-shaped feet, set with a pair of dragon-formed handles, their outstretched wings resting on the lipped mouthrim and their bodies suspending loose ring handles, crisply moulded around the body with a swaying tasseled garland of double fish and stone chimes forming the pun for auspicious happiness Jiqing youyu, flanked by lotus flowers enclosing a xi symbol, applied all over with a rich white glaze, the slightly recessed base encircled by a band of leiwen and incised with the six-character seal mark

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th November 1980, lot 339.
The Kwan Collection (Yangzhitang Collection).
Christie's Singapore, 30th March 1997, lot 307.

Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 82.
Imperial Porcelain of Late Ch'ing from the Kwan Collection, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1985, cat. no. 82.

There is a minor firing crack at the joint of one handle to the body, with a couple of dirty pin-prick air bubbles. Otherwise the bowl is in very good condition.
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