Lot 319
  • 319

AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE, COPPER-RED AND CELADON-GLAZED BOWLKANGXI MARK AND PERIOD |

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Diameter 8 1/4  in., 21 cm
the steep rounded sides exquisitely painted in rich tones of cobalt blue and bright red with a continuous landscape of leafing trees and plants emerging from rockwork and alongside a placid waterway with mountains in the distance, imposing craggy stone boulders picked out in a lustrous celadon glaze, the interior white-glazed, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, coll. no. 1596

Provenance

Marchant, London, 2007.

Condition

There are restored frits along the rim and some iron specks to the interior. There is a consolidated short firing tear to the footrim.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

Bowls decorated in this technique are rare however, examples of the palette on other forms including brushpots, vases, and jardinières are known. A brushpot of this type with a Kangxi six-character mark, in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 87. A vase of this palette and with a Kangxi reign mark,  from the Qing Court Collection in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 219. See also a censer similarly decorated to the present example, from the Jie Rui Tang Collection sold in these rooms, 20th March 2018, lot 317.