Rare Imperial Blue and White Bowl Qianlong
Rare Imperial Blue and White Bowl Qianlong

Chinese Imperial blue and white porcelain bowl, mark and period of Qianlong. Of hexagonal form with a petal lobed rim, decorated with a motif of lingzhi fungus branches along the exterior, bounded by geometric borders. The interior decorated with a single fungus inside a medallion. Marked along the underside with a six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue. With a Christie’s label adhered along the interior. With a custom silk box.

Provenance: Christie’s Paris, Sale 1008, lot 299, June 6, 2011; Private collection, Minnesota.

Bowl; Height: 2 in x diameter: 4 1/2 in.

$16,000