R1415
Description
Chinese porcelain stem bowl, covered over all with an eel-skin glaze, finely potted with shallow sides rising to an everted rim, resting on a splayed foot beneath a raised rib, the underside of the foot carved with a three-character mark of Zhi ben tang.
Jiaqing-Daoguang, 1796-1850.
7 1/8 inches, 18cm diameter.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in the collection of Hans F. Goldstein (1915-1985), and thence by decent.
- Zhi ben tang translates to the “Hall of the Roots of Plants”, a private kiln in the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods known for producing wares of tea-dust and eel-skin glaze.
- A similar stem-bowl with the same mark is in the Percival David Foundation at The British Museum, acc.no.PDF.A570 and is published by R. Scott in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, p.40.
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