A LARGE CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED FISH BOWL.

Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng mark and probably of the period.

Sturdily potted with rounded sides rising from a gradually tapered foot to prominent shoulders which slope inward to a thickly lipped rim, the body incised with a band of taotie masks separated with scrolling patterns, below a band composed of a row of pendant lappets each containing three further concentric lappets emerging from a key scroll band, the base with a band of swirling lappets each terminating with a an overlapping coiled scroll, the base with a six character seal mark in underglaze blue, 33cm H, 42cm diameter.

約清雍正 青釉魚缸，「大清雍正年製」款

Wares created for the appreciation of the Yongzheng emperor were noted for incorporating archaic designs into simple elegant forms. A celadon tianqiuping vase with related archaistic design is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1956, fig. 47. For a fish bowl of similar form, but decorated with dragons see Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 149, no. 135. The shapes vary slightly, as do the dragon designs, and the Yongzheng example is moulded as opposed to carved.

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