17th Oct, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
155
A CAFÉ-AU-LAIT GLAZED SHALLOW BOWL, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
China, 1722-1735. The rounded sides supported on a broad foot and rising to a gently everted rim, encircled on the exterior by a double bow-string band, covered inside and out with a slightly iridescent glaze of reddish-brown tone, the base glazed white with an underglaze-blue six-character kaishu mark da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi within a double circle and of the period.
Provenance: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 December 2019, lot 98, sold for EUR 11,875 or approx. EUR 13,500 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). An important Irish private collection, acquired from the above. An anonymized copy of the original invoice from Sotheby’s accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition with some old wear, light surface scratches, firing irregularities, the base with a fine Y-shaped glaze line.
Weight: 230.1 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17 cm
Literature comparison:
See a related Yongzheng café-au-lait-glazed bowl, illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, pl.389. Compare a related café-au-lait-glazed bowl in the Hong Kong Chinese University exhibition Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, catalogue, no. 35.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 May 2024, lot 6
Price: HKD 256,000 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare cafe-au-lait-glazed shallow bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, decoration, reign mark, and size (16.8 cm).
China, 1722-1735. The rounded sides supported on a broad foot and rising to a gently everted rim, encircled on the exterior by a double bow-string band, covered inside and out with a slightly iridescent glaze of reddish-brown tone, the base glazed white with an underglaze-blue six-character kaishu mark da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi within a double circle and of the period.
Provenance: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 December 2019, lot 98, sold for EUR 11,875 or approx. EUR 13,500 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). An important Irish private collection, acquired from the above. An anonymized copy of the original invoice from Sotheby’s accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition with some old wear, light surface scratches, firing irregularities, the base with a fine Y-shaped glaze line.
Weight: 230.1 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17 cm
Literature comparison:
See a related Yongzheng café-au-lait-glazed bowl, illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, pl.389. Compare a related café-au-lait-glazed bowl in the Hong Kong Chinese University exhibition Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, catalogue, no. 35.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 May 2024, lot 6
Price: HKD 256,000 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare cafe-au-lait-glazed shallow bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, decoration, reign mark, and size (16.8 cm).
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