A FINE AND IMPORTANT FALANGCAI SEPIA-ENAMELLED ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’ BOWL
YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
A FINE AND IMPORTANT FALANGCAI SEPIA-ENAMELLED ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’ BOWL YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) The elegantly potted bowl has full rounded sides rising to a gently flaring rim from a small, straight foot ring. It is covered overall in a lustrous, opaque white glaze, and enamelled around the exterior in varying shades of sepia enamels with a prunus tree, its gnarled branches growing obliquely across the bowl, following its contour. The branches blossom with flowers and buds, some in full view, others in profile, their petals picked out in delicate pale tones, and the stamens highlighted in darker accents. Around the base of the tree are grown clumps of bamboos, their leaves meticulously drawn in thin outlines and left white, echoing the prunus. On one side of the bowl is inscribed with two verses from a five-character poem in running script. The verses are arranged in alternating lines of four and one characters, and flanked by a puce-enamelled seal on the right, and two further puce-enamelled seals on the left. The reign mark is inscribed inside the foot ring. 4 in. (10.1 cm.) diam., box
A FINE AND IMPORTANT FALANGCAI SEPIA-ENAMELLED ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’ BOWL
YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
A FINE AND IMPORTANT FALANGCAI SEPIA-ENAMELLED ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’ BOWL YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) The elegantly potted bowl has full rounded sides rising to a gently flaring rim from a small, straight foot ring. It is covered overall in a lustrous, opaque white glaze, and enamelled around the exterior in varying shades of sepia enamels with a prunus tree, its gnarled branches growing obliquely across the bowl, following its contour. The branches blossom with flowers and buds, some in full view, others in profile, their petals picked out in delicate pale tones, and the stamens highlighted in darker accents. Around the base of the tree are grown clumps of bamboos, their leaves meticulously drawn in thin outlines and left white, echoing the prunus. On one side of the bowl is inscribed with two verses from a five-character poem in running script. The verses are arranged in alternating lines of four and one characters, and flanked by a puce-enamelled seal on the right, and two further puce-enamelled seals on the left. The reign mark is inscribed inside the foot ring. 4 in. (10.1 cm.) diam., box
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