Lot 597
  • 597

A WHITE-GLAZED 'LOTUS' BOWL QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

the flaring sides moulded as lotus leaves rising from a short straight base, covered overall in a white glaze

Provenance

Peter Boode, London (according to label).

Exhibited

Mostra D'Art Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 587.

Literature

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 689.

Condition

The dish is in very good overall condition with the exception of some minor firing imperfections including glaze pulls to the sides of the exterior, a 5mm. long hairline firing crack to the base, iron-spot glaze imperfections, pinhead-sized glaze holes and light glaze scratches.
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