No connection to server
Part of Bonhams Network
Home Create account
Quality auctions online
Live auctions
Nordic DesignSellBuyNews
Contact
Svenska Suomi
Home  News
Part of Bonhams Network
    Create account
Switch to Swedish Switch to Finnish
AuctionsNordic DesignSellBuyContact
Spring Classic Sale Stockholm 556 Stockholm17371739
1738
111731

A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).

A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 490 - 5 230 EUR
3 650 - 5 470 USD
Hammer price
300 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
→ Sell with Bukowskis
 Pdf print out
A blue and white bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).

With rounded sides, painted on the exterior with the ba jixiang, each balanced on a lotus flower borne on undulation leafy stems, all above a band of blue-ground lappets, the tall foot encircled by a wave border, the interior with a roundel enclosing a stylised double varja with a further wave border at the rim. Diameter 25,6 cm.

Wear to rim.

Provenance

The Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939). The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo, from 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing.

Literature

For the Ming inspiration of the design compare two bowls in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, one with a Jiajing mark, published in Minji Meihin Zuroko, Vol III, 1978, pl 110, and another with Xuande mark illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Blue and white ware of the Ming Dynasty, book II, pt 2, pl. 45.

More information

The design of this bowl is based on that found on a few Xuande marked bowls painted around the exterior with the bajixiang amidst scrolling lotus.