Magnificent Vintage Chinese Eggshell Bowls With Custom Stands And Box
Item History & Price
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Description:A museum quality pair of vintage Chinese porcelain bowls, decorated in famille rose design of boys playing, the porcelain of eggshell thinness. The interior has four butterflies around a central roundel.Apocryphal four character Qianlong (1736 to 1795) reign mark in kaishu script.They come with custom made display stands in a custom made fabric covered box.Please remember you are getting two bowls for your one bid. No Reserve.Dimension:125mm (5 inches) DiameterDating:People...s Republic of China period. See comments below.Condition: No chips, no cracks and no restoration. Pristine condition. Please view the photos carefullyComment: In 1984, on my first of 80+visits to Hong Kong and China, all manner of eggshell thin bowls and vases were on offer for sale in the Chinese department and Friendship stores, Chinese Arts and Crafts and Yue Hwa. This pair would have been among the most expensive and best quality, still bear the Yue Hwa Arts and Crafts retail price label of HK$3, 900, equivalent to US$500 approximately.The deputy president of the Jingdezhen Museum, on a visit to New Zealand in 2014, informed me that with perhaps a rare exception, the Jingdezhen potters no longer make this quality; frustrated with the problems of breakages, skilled staff recruitment, quality control and eye strain.
Ref. No:1708/24/1 & 2Background: My name is Anthony J. Allen, the author of five top-selling books on Chinese antiques, the latest reprinted in 2016 being Allen’s Antique Chinese Porcelain: The Detection of Fakes.Although now officially retired, after 37 years collecting and dealing in Chinese antiques, I still occasionally buy Chinese antiques for resale. These currently listed pieces were acquired at auction in New Zealand.Payment: We accept payment by PayPalShipping:We use N.Z. Post air post, which is linked to USPS. Cost estimates are:U.S.A., Canada, China and South East Asia. US$85.00Australia: US$42.00U.K., & EEC countries: US$95.00Where possible we will combine items for shipping and any overcharge will be refunded.
Ref. No:1708/24/1 & 2Background: My name is Anthony J. Allen, the author of five top-selling books on Chinese antiques, the latest reprinted in 2016 being Allen’s Antique Chinese Porcelain: The Detection of Fakes.Although now officially retired, after 37 years collecting and dealing in Chinese antiques, I still occasionally buy Chinese antiques for resale. These currently listed pieces were acquired at auction in New Zealand.Payment: We accept payment by PayPalShipping:We use N.Z. Post air post, which is linked to USPS. Cost estimates are:U.S.A., Canada, China and South East Asia. US$85.00Australia: US$42.00U.K., & EEC countries: US$95.00Where possible we will combine items for shipping and any overcharge will be refunded.
