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A SMALL YELLOW ENAMELLED OGEE-SHAPED AND FOLIATE-RIMMBED BOWL Guangxu iron-red mark and of the period image 1
A SMALL YELLOW ENAMELLED OGEE-SHAPED AND FOLIATE-RIMMBED BOWL Guangxu iron-red mark and of the period image 2
A SMALL YELLOW ENAMELLED OGEE-SHAPED AND FOLIATE-RIMMBED BOWL Guangxu iron-red mark and of the period image 3
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品
Lot 326*

A SMALL YELLOW ENAMELLED OGEE-SHAPED AND FOLIATE-RIMMBED BOWL
Guangxu iron-red mark and of the period

2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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A SMALL YELLOW ENAMELLED OGEE-SHAPED AND FOLIATE-RIMMBED BOWL

Guangxu iron-red mark and of the period
Rising from a short straight foot to a compressed globular body, surmounted by a wide neck flaring towards the lobed rim, the exterior covered with a egg-yolk yellow enamel contrasting with the white interior and base, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in iron red. 9.8cm (3 7/8in) diam.

Footnotes

清光緒 黃釉葵口折腰碗
礬紅「大清光緒年製」楷書款

Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent

來源:瑞士私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今

Cups of this shape are known as zheyao bei (折腰杯) which literally means 'bow down cup', because of the vessel's unusual waist. The name comes from the famous verse 'to not sacrifice one's ideals in order to make a living' (不為五斗米折腰) written by the poet and politician Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (365-427), symbolising the idealised noble virtues of traditional scholar-officials.

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