A SHALLOW CAFÉ-AU-LAIT GLAZED BOWL, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The gently rounded sides rising from a shallow foot to a lightly flared rim, the body embellished with a raised double bow-string band, the interior and exterior covered with a lustrous café-au-lait glaze of a reddish-brown tone, the white base with an underglaze-blue six-character seal markda Qing Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, May 2000, lot 724 (according to label to base). A distinguished Asian collection, acquired from the above. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October 2018, lot 3644. A noted private collection, acquired from the above.Condition: Very good condition with some wear and minor firing irregularities, shallow surface scratches, and few small glaze bumps.Weight: 274 gDimensions: Diameter 17 cmWith a silk storage box. (2)Literatureparison:It is rare to find a bowl of this type with a Qianlong mark, but one is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, A Newprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, p. 284, no. 565. For a Kangxi precursor of this Qianlong example see the bowl in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 233. Yongzheng-marked examples are represented by one illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, pl. 389, and another included in the exhibition, Chinese Antiquities from the Brian S. McElney Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, no. 100.Auction resultparison:Type: Near identicalAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3012Price: HKD 325,000 or approx.EUR 52,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A shallow café-au-lait glazed bowl, seal mark and period of QianlongExpert remark:pare the closely related form, decoration, Qianlong reign mark, and size (17.1 cm).Auction resultparison:Type: Near identicalAuction: Christie’s New York, 19 September 2006, lot 380Price: USD 36,000 or approx.EUR 48,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A café-au-lait-glazed shallow bowl, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the periodExpert remark:pare the closely related form, decoration, Qianlong reign mark, and size (17.1 cm).乾隆款及年代紫金釉弦紋碗中國，1736-1795年。口外撇，淺弧腹，腹中部有雙圈弦紋，圈足。內外壁通體施紫金釉，釉面柔和，足內施透明釉，底書青花“大清乾隆年製”篆書款。