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Lot 21

A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED 'MEDALLIONS' BOWLS, KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each deep bowl is incised to the interior with a stylised floral medallion, and to the exterior with four medallions amid scrolling cloud motifs above a lappet border, all beneath a bright yellow glaze.

A closely related bowl is illustrated in R. Krahl and C. von Spee, Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Germany, 2003, pp. 128–129, no. 97, and was previously sold at Christie's London, 13 December 1976, lot 55. See also an almost identical bowl sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 September 2025, lot 5104; another sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 2023, lot 901; and a further example sold at Sotheby's London, 15 June 2020, lot 18. An additional example is preserved in the Percival David Foundation and published in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome, London, 1973, no. A599. Bowls of this design continued to be produced into the Qianlong and Daoguang periods.
清康熙 「大清康熙年製」款及本朝 御製黃釉刻「團花」紋盌 一對
盌內刻花卉團紋,外壁飾四組團花,間以雲紋及蓮瓣紋,通體施明亮黃釉
類似器見 Krahl 與 von Spee 編《德國古樂軒收藏中國陶瓷》,2003年,頁128–129,編號97;另見1976年12月13日倫敦佳士得拍賣,第55號拍品;2025年9月9日香港蘇富比拍賣,第5104號;2023年3月23日紐約佳士得拍賣,第901號;2020年6月15日倫敦蘇富比拍賣,第18號;另有一例藏於英國Percival David基金會,見《明清單色釉圖錄》,倫敦,1973年,編號A599。此類器形延續至乾隆及道光年間仍有製作。


12cm diameter

Estimate $5,000 - $7,000

Sold for $44,000

One bowl is in overall good condition. The other bowl has a glaze crack of approximately 3 cm near the base, and possibly a very fine vertical hairline of about 2 cm on the rim.


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Estate of Ronald M. Scott, and hence by descent. (Lot 18 - 24)

Ronald Melville Scott (1886 - 1968) was a civil engineer who during World War I served in France in the First Field Company, Australian Engineers. He was Adelaide City Engineer (1924 - 1929) and then Melbourne City Engineer (1929 - 1931). In 1933 he was a founding partner of engineering consulting firm Scott and Furphy. He enhanced his distinguished professional career with his love of fine art which saw him become a discerning collector of fine Asian porcelain.

Important Chinese and Asian Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8791
11:00am - 2 November 2025
Hawthorn

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Thur 30 Oct - Sat 1 Nov, 10am - 4pm
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asianart@leonardjoel.com.au


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