Author: --
Size: D10.8cm
Signed and dated: Qianlong period,Qing Dynasty
Estimate:
Final Price: RMB 800,000
Qianlong Six-Character Mark
Painted with fruiting lychee branches and buds,around the sides and continuing over the rim,with sprays of bamboo and a butterfly,hovering on the interior and exterior. The base with the six-character seal mark of Qianlong and of the period,1736-1795.
▲ For similar examples see: in The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art,London,illustrated in Oriental Ceramics,The World’s Great Collections,Tokyo,1982,vol. 6,no. 274;another in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum,Chinese Ceramics,Vol. II,Tokyo 1990,no. 660;and another from the Powell-Cotton collection is illustrated in The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics,col.pl. 90,p.16.
PROVENANCE
1. Bluett & Sons,London.
2. England Private Collection
3. Mr. Paul Lande’s Collection