Author: --

Size: D11cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong period， Qing dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 400,000

Qianlong Six-Character Mark
PROVENANCE
· The Si Yue Tang Collection
· Acquried from Eskenazi.Co.U.K
REFERENCE
· Catalogue of Ch’ing Enamelled Wares， London， 1958， pl. 897
· The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty， Shanghai， 2003， p. 218
· Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum ： Chinese ceramics， vol.2， Tokyo， 1980， pl.660
· Sunyingzhou de Taocishijie， Beijing， 2005， pp. 312
· Guanyang Yuci： Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdayzhici Guanyang yu Yuyao Ciqi， Beijing， 2007， pp. 134， 135
This bowl is delicately potted with the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim， the exterior finely enameled with leafy bamboo stalks and a butterfly fluttering over a branch of blossoming and fruiting balsam pear ‘laigua’ vines， the branch extending over the rim to the interior， issuing further clusters of foliage and fruit， the base with a six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue.