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AN EXTREMLY RARE AND EXQUISITE DOUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ BOWL

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HKD 5 000 000
Auction dateClassic
30.05.2022 10:30UTC +08:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 763285
Lot 2711 | AN EXTREMLY RARE AND EXQUISITE DOUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ BOWL
AN EXTREMLY RARE AND EXQUISITE DOUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ BOWLYONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)The finely potted bowl is decorated to each side of the exterior depicting a group of a cockerel, a hen and chicks amongst flowering peony sprays in a garden setting, divided by sprays of flowering peony and asters growing from rocks finely rendered in shades of underglaze blue, one before a palm, the other next to lustrious plantain leaves. The centre of the interior is similarly decorated with a roundel depicting a further cockerel and a hen amongst peony blossoms and rocks.6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam. Provenance Collection of Mrs. E.J. VenningSold at Sotheby's London, 12 July 1966, lot 311Sold at Sotheby's New York, 1 June 1988, lot 172Collection of the Tsui Museum of Art, Hong KongSold at Christie‘s Hong Kong, 30 October 1995, lot 748 Literature The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl.140Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, p.126-129, no. 45 Exhibited On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,1997-2020
Historical era:Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period
Category:Bowl
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