Lot 8020
A BOWL WITH DESIGN OF CHICKENS IN CONTRASTING COLOURS YONGZENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHING A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The rounded sides exquisitely decorated with a continuous scene of a long tailed cockerel, hen and chicks in a garden setting and divided by sprays of flowering peony and asters growing from pierced rockworks amidst plantain leaves, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a further cockerel and hen perched upon pierced rockworks amidst peony blooms and flowering asters next to further plantain leaves, all set in between double bands encircling the mouth rim and the straight foot, the base with a six character reign mark within a double circle cartouche.
D: 15 cm
Estimate
TWD 1,953,000-3,125,000
HKD 500,000-800,000
USD 64,400-103,100
Sold Price
TWD 1,953,488
HKD 504,000
USD 65,032
Compare with a pair of very similar chicken bowls attributed to the Yongzheng reign, sold at Christie’s London, 12 May 2009, Lot 166.
A Magnificent Collection of Imperial Chinese Works of Art
Ravenel Spring Auction 2014 Hong Kong
Sunday, May 25, 2014, 2:00pm