A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOWL QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Sold

8,125 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

porcelain
9.7 cm, 3 3/4 in.

the rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, painted in varying tones of cobalt blue with a band of meandering leafy lotus scroll between narrow bands of spiral scrolls at the rim and ruyi at the foot, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blue

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd November 1998, lot 386.