A BLUE-GLAZED BOWL QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, JINGWEITANG ZHI HALL MARK

the exterior covered with a rich blue glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character hall mark

In overall good condition with a few minor firing imperfections. Some minor wear to the surface, consistent with age and use.
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Jingweitang was the studio name of Li Hu (alias Duanren, style name Zhucun) a native of Cixi, a city within the sub-provincial city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Ming Wilson, in the exhibition catalogue Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1998, quotes Wang Qingzheng to suggest that porcelains bearing the Jingweitang mark actually belonged to the Manchu high official Agedunbu (see p. 114). Vessels with the same mark, but with a celadon glaze and brown rim include a bowl and a dish in the Sir Percival David collection, now in the British Museum, London, a bowl included in the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition, op. cit., cat. no. 47, and a dish published in Margaret Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, London, 1989, coll. no. A568. See also a pair of blue-glazed cups and saucers sold at Christie’s New York, 18th September 2003, lot 355.