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A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE 'BALSAM PEAR' BOWLS JIAQING SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Porcelain
each delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, the exterior finely enameled with leafy bamboo shoots and a butterfly fluttering over a branch of blossoming and fruiting kugua vines, the branch extending over the rim and onto the interior, issuing further clusters of foliage and fruit, seal marks in underglaze blue (2)
Provenance
The Songzhutang Collection.
Condition
Aside from very minute burst bubbles to the rim, and very light wear to the enamels, both bowls are in overall good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A Jiaqing bowl of this pattern in the Umezawa Kinenkan is illustrated in Toji Taikei, vol. 46, Tokyo, 1973, pl. 83, and another is published in The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Birchington, 1988, col. pl. 15. See also a pair of Jiaqing marked bowls sold in these rooms, from the Ira and Nancy Koger collection, 27th November 1990, lot 47.
For an extensive discussion of the depicted fruit, see Ka Bo Tsang, 'An Unusual Botanical Motif: The Bitter-sweet Kugua', Orientations, October 1993, pp. 64-7, where figs 1a-b, a Qianlong example in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, is illustrated.
For an extensive discussion of the depicted fruit, see Ka Bo Tsang, 'An Unusual Botanical Motif: The Bitter-sweet Kugua', Orientations, October 1993, pp. 64-7, where figs 1a-b, a Qianlong example in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, is illustrated.