Author: --

Size: D11.9cm

Signed and dated: Yongzheng Period，Qing Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 40,000,000

PROVENANCE
The Bois Familly Collection
The Collection of Captain Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson （ who formed The Mount Trust Collection）
The Mount Trust Collection
Yongzheng Six-Character Mark
EXHIBITED
O.C.S. Exhibition of the arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty， 1964， Catalogue no.209
Victoria and Albert Museum， The Mount Trust Collection， 1970， Catalogue no.117
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection， The British Museum， London， 1994
Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection， Sporting d’Hiver， Monte Carlo， 1996， cat. no. 183
ILLUSTRATED 
Margaret Medley， ‘The Chinese Potter’， New York， 1976， pl.193
Regina Krahl， Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection， London， 1994-2010， vol.2， no. 958
Thinly potted and translucent， this rounded bowl rests on a slightly tapering foot. Painted on the outside with an exquisitely rendered design of two quails in front of rock work with narcissus on one side and branches of flowering wintersweet and nandina berries on the other， in enamels of rose pink， white， red blue， green， yellow and brown. The base inscribed with a Yongzheng reign mark in underglaze blue.