A RARE CARVED CLAIR-DE-LUNE 'BATS' BOWL

细节

A RARE CARVED CLAIR-DE-LUNE 'BATS' BOWL
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The exterior of the flared sides finely carved in shallow relief to depict the wufu in flight, their eyes, ribbed bodies and extended wings well defined, between incised lines below the rim and foot, all under a very pale even bluish-green glaze
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam., box

出版

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, pl. 19.

拍品专文

Previously sold in Hong Kong, 15 May 1990, lot 69.

A similar Yongzheng-marked bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Honey, The Ceramic Art of China, pl. 118(a); another from the Meiyintang Collection is illustrated in the Catalogue, Volume Two, p. 203, col. pl. 855.

(US$7,000-9,000)