AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE BLACK-GROUND FAMILLE-VERTE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

delicately potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short foot, the exterior superbly enamelled with a frieze formed of three detached leafy chrysanthemum scrolls, each rendered undulating and bearing three main chrysanthemum blooms and lush foliage, all below a band of 'horse-shoe' motifs and against a glossy black ground, the base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
13 cm, 5 1/8 in.

Provenance:
Collection of Captain Charles Oswald Liddell (b. 1851).
Bluett & Sons, London, 1929.
Collection of Charles Ernest Russell (1866-1960).