A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1

A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1

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A rare pair of Ming-style doucai 'lotus' bowls, Marks and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正 鬥彩纏枝蓮紋盌一對 《大清雍正年製》款

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A rare pair of Ming-style doucai 'lotus' bowls

Marks and period of Yongzheng

清雍正 鬥彩纏枝蓮紋盌一對 《大清雍正年製》款


each base with a six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue (2)


Diameter 5⅛ in., 13 cm

Christie's London, 4th May 1964, lot 59 (part lot). 

Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). 

Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. Q.8.25. 


倫敦佳士得1964年5月4日，編號59（其一）

吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏

吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號Q.8.25

Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 149.


柯玫瑰等，《Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum》，香港，2011年，圖版149

Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 149.

This extremely rare pair of doucai bowls is based on Chenghua period prototypes, such as a cup illustrated in the exhibition catalogue A Legacy of Chenghua, The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. C95. Compare also a Yongzheng mark and period vase of a similar design and inspiration included in the exhibition Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Osaka Municipal Museum, Osaka, 1980, cat. no. 163; later sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2010, lot 1882.