YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A RARE MOULDED YELLOW-BACKED FAMILLE ROSE BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The bowl is moulded to the exterior with a continuous floral scroll, applied with a bright lemon-yellow enamel. The centre of the interior is decorated in famille rose enamels with a pair of peaches borne on leafy branches.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 19 March 1991, lot 681

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Lot Essay

Compare a similarly moulded bowl of the same size, also with a famille rose peach spray on the interior but decorated with a turquoise enamel on the exterior, sold at Sotheby's London, 14 November 2000, lot 169. A related bowl of conical form moulded on the exterior with cranes amidst ruyi clouds is in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 2000, p. 102, no. 219. The Baur bowl is enamelled on the exterior and interior.

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