M4948
Description
Chinese porcelain pink enamel deep bowl thinly potted with upright straight sides and tall foot rim, covered on the exterior with a brilliant deep pink enamel glaze, the interior and base white.
4 7/8 inches, 12.3 cm diameter.
Six-character mark of Chenghua within a double ring in underglaze blue, Kangxi/Yongzheng, c.1722-1723.
Condition
Condition: excellent.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From the collection of Janice H. Palmer (1917-1984).
- From the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1986.
- Sold by Christie’s New York in their auction of Chinese Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, 17th September 2019, lot 63.
- A similar pink enamel glaze appears on a vase, Yongzheng mark and period, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum, vol. 37, Monochrome Porcelain, 1999, no. 31, pp. 34/5, where the author notes that this pink glaze is a new low-fired coloured glaze in the Yongzheng period and maybe the only example recorded and could have been experimental.
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