AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, FINELY CARVED, AND CELADON-GLAZED IMPERIAL ‘CLOUD SCROLL’ BOWL, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD

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AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, FINELY CARVED, AND CELADON-GLAZED IMPERIAL ‘CLOUD SCROLL’ BOWL, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD China, 1722-1735. Sturdily potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, the exterior finely carved with a frieze of interlocking S-form vines terminating in a cloud-scroll, covered overall with a brilliant pale celadon glaze, attractively pooling in the recesses, and thinning to a paler hue in the raised sections and to an elegant ivory-white at the rims. The base with an underglaze-blue six-character mark da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi within a double circle and of the period. Dimensions: Diameter 23 cm This superb bowl, with its subtle decoration covered in beautiful celadon glaze, is among the finest Yongzheng mark and period vessels made in the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. It belongs to a special group of celadon-glazed bowls, all of this form, but with varying designs of the central band, made on the order of the Qing Court catering to the Emperor's sophisticated taste and fondness for elegant monochrome wares. Literature comparison: Compare a near identical celadon glazed bowl with similar arabesques, with a Yongzheng mark and of the period, 20.6 cm diameter, in the Kyoto National Museum, museum number GK587. Compare a closely related celadon-glazed bowl decorated with a floral band, Yongzheng mark and period, 20.3 cm diameter, illustrated by Marchant on their website, inventory number M4703. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2019, lot 3112 Price: HKD 1,125,000 or approx. EUR 138,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the near-identical form, glaze, decoration, reign mark. Note the much smaller size of only 11.5 cm. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2020, lot 98 Price: HKD 1,008,000 or approx. EUR 126,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, decoration, reign mark, and size (22.5 cm). Note the different band motif. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3603 Price: HKD 750,000 or approx. EUR 107,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, decoration, reign mark, and size (23.1 cm). Note the different band motif.

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