Selection of imperial porcelain over 93 years in three collections

5895 | Yongzheng period,Qing Dynasty AN IMPERIAL YELLOW GLAZED WITH INCISED‘EIGHT-IMMORTALS’STEMBOWL

AN IMPERIAL YELLOW GLAZED WITH INCISED‘EIGHT-IMMORTALS’STEMBOWL

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Size: D18.5cm

Signed and dated: Yongzheng period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 1,500,000


Yongzheng Six-Character Mark
With deep rounded sides and gently spreading stem,incised on the exterior with the eight treasures,Ba Jixiang,supported on a lotus flower and stylised leaves,above a band of ruyi-heads,the gently splayed ribbed foot incised with flowerheads between scrolls and stylised leaves,the interior and base glazed white.Six character sealmark of Yongzheng and of the period,1723-1735.
▲ Only two other similar stem bowls appear recorded,one from the collection of W.A. Younger is illustrated by Soame Jenyns in Later Chinese Porcelain,first published in 1951,pl.XXXVI,no.2;and another from the collection of Richard W. C. Kan is illustrated by Peter Y.K. Lam in Shimmering Colours,Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods,The Zhuyuetang Collection,Art Museum,The Chinese University of Hong Kong,2005,no. 126,p. 202
PROVENANCE
1. Formerly in the collection of The Marquis De Ganay.
2. Mr. S. Bazini’s Collection