Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 80
A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'HUNDRED BOYS' BOWL SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE...
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £8000
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Description
A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'HUNDRED BOYS' BOWL
SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95
Painted with sixteen boys playing musical instruments and with others standing around a cistern, all in a fenced garden with a willow tree and flowering plants, together with a small famille rose wine cup painted with chrysanthemum, peony and daisy branches, six character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, 15.2cm max. (2)
Provenance: both formerly in an English private collection.