A RARE CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND AND EN GRISAILLE DAYAZHAI BOWL

A RARE CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND AND EN GRISAILLE DAYAZHAI BOWL
GUANGXU 1875-1908

The octagonal body with a flared rim, painted en grisaille with a magpie perched amongst flowering branches of wisteria and peony, on a vibrant lemon-yellow ground; with the characters dayazhai followed by an oval seal tian xia di yi chun written in iron-red below the gilt rim; the base with a four-character Yong qing chang chun mark (eternal prosperity and spring); a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.208', 17.4cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006. no.208.

Cf. Chinese Ceramics, Selected articles from Orientations 1982-1998, R W Longsdorf, Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains of the Empress Dowager, p.295, fig.26 for another yellow ground bowl with similar decoration in the Percival David Collection, London.