A PALE CAFE-AU-LAIT GLAZED OGEE-FORM BOWL QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD |

with deep flared sides and a constricted waist, resting on a short straight foot, the exterior glazed a light café-au-lait, the interior and recessed base glazed white, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Collection of E. G. Kostolany (d. by 1966).
Marchant, London.
Christie’s London, 18th June 2002, lot 54.

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, 2012-2019 (on loan). 

Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pl. 153.

Overall in good condition with minor firing imperfections including a discolored burst air bubble at the rim, and some very light wear to the surface.
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For similar examples, see one sold in these rooms, 6th December 1989, lot 179, and two in our Hong Kong rooms: the first, 1st December 1977, lot 499; the second, 20th May 1986, lot 94. Compare also two pairs sold in our London rooms: 13th May 2015, lot 185; and 9th November 2016, lot 180.