China, 1736-1795. The gently rounded sides rising from a shallow foot to a lightly flared rim, the body embellished with a raised double bow-string band, the interior and exterior covered with a lustrous café-au-lait glaze of a reddish-brown tone, the white base with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, May 2000, lot 724 (according to label to base). A distinguished Asian collection, acquired from the above. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October 2018, lot 3644. A noted private collection, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with some wear and minor firing irregularities, shallow surface scratches, and few small glaze bumps.

Weight: 274 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17 cm

With a silk storage box. (2)

Literature comparison:
It is rare to find a bowl of this type with a Qianlong mark, but one is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, A New Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, p. 284, no. 565. For a Kangxi precursor of this Qianlong example see the bowl in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 233. Yongzheng-marked examples are represented by one illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, pl. 389, and another included in the exhibition, Chinese Antiquities from the Brian S. McElney Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, no. 100.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3012
Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 52,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A shallow café-au-lait glazed bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, Qianlong reign mark, and size (17.1 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Christie’s New York, 19 September 2006, lot 380
Price: USD 36,000 or approx. EUR 48,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A café-au-lait-glazed shallow bowl, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, Qianlong reign mark, and size (17.1 cm).



乾隆款及年代紫金釉弦紋碗
中國，1736-1795年。口外撇，淺弧腹，腹中部有雙圈弦紋，圈足。內外壁通體施紫金釉，釉面柔和，足內施透明釉，底書青花“大清乾隆年製”篆書款。

來源：香港蘇富比，2000年5月，lot 724 (根據碗底標籤)；一個知名亞洲收藏，購於上述拍賣；香港蘇富比，2018年10月3日，lot 3644；一個知名私人收藏，購於上述收藏。
品相：品相極好，有一些磨損和輕微的燒製不規則，輕微表面劃痕與釉面凸起。

重量：274 克
尺寸：直徑 17 厘米

配置內襯方盒。 (2)

文獻比較：
此類型的碗有乾隆款較罕見，但有一件收藏於舊金山亞洲藝術博物館，見He Li，《Chinese Ceramics，A New Comprehensive Survey》，紐約，1996年，頁284，編號565。一見康熙時期例子，收藏於Percival David Foundation，見東方陶瓷學會，《The World's Great Collections》，卷6，東京，1982年，編號233。雍正款例子，見Mr. Yokogawa捐給 Old Oriental Ceramics，東京國家博物館，1953年，圖389；另一件展覽於《Chinese Antiquities from the Brian S. McElney Collection》，香港藝術館，1987年，編號100。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：幾乎相同
拍賣：香港蘇富比，2011年4月8日，lot 3012
價格：HKD 325,000（相當於今日EUR 52,500）
描述：乾隆款及年代紫金釉弦紋碗
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、裝飾、乾隆款和尺寸(17.1 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：幾乎相同
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2006年9月19日，lot 380
價格：USD 36,000（相當於今日EUR 48,000）
描述：乾隆款及年代紫金釉弦紋碗
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、裝飾、乾隆款和尺寸(17.1 厘米)。