A RARE MOULDED GOURD BOWL

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HKD 630 000
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29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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Lot 3024 | A RARE MOULDED GOURD BOWL
A RARE MOULDED GOURD BOWL

KANGXI MOULDED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

The rounded sides are finely moulded on the exterior with four shou-character roundels flanked by two confronting archaistic dragons, alternating with phoenix emblems. The interior lacquered black, and the rounded foot is moulded on the recessed base with four characters reading Kangxi shangwan, 'for the amusement of the Emperor Kangxi’.

4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) diam., cloth box





Provenance

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30-31 October 1991, lot 341

Mary and George Bloch Collection

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Scholarly Works of Art from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, 23 October 2005, lot 128



Literature

J. J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, New York, 2020, no. 26



Exhibited

J. J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, New York, Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, 13 - 27 March 2020
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