Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 147
A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'SCHOLARS' BOWL KANGXI/YONGZHENG The deep U-shaped body supported on...
Estimate £2,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £11000
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Description
A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'SCHOLARS' BOWL
KANGXI/YONGZHENG
The deep U-shaped body supported on a short tapering foot and rising to a flared everted rim, finely painted with two seated scholars relaxing and drinking tea by a cluster of rocks and shrubs, with an attendant standing to the side ready to assist, the reverse inscribed with a poem, with a six character Hongzhi mark to the base, 11.5cm.
Provenance: given to the current owner in Hong Kong in 1980 by Brian McElney, founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.
Cf. W Qian, Tianwuguan Cang Ci, vol.1, pp.144-145 for a related Kangxi bowl also with scholars and a Hongzhi mark.