ID 807431
Lot 930 | A RARE ‘EEL SKIN’-GLAZED 'NARCISSUS BOWL’
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The shallow rounded sides are divided by slender ribs into twelve lobes that rise to an everted rim with raised outer rim molded with six barbed petal tips conforming to the shape of the foot ring, which is raised on three ruyi-head supports. The bowl is covered overall with a finely mottled glaze of deep olive tone thinning to russet or ochre on the raised edges and to a dark reddish-brown in the center, with seven spur marks in a circle on the base.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) across, cloth box
Provenance
Nagatani, Tokyo, 1953.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 484.
Exhibited
On loan: Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2013-2017.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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