A dark aubergine-violet glazed “ bowl. Kangxi
The bowl is moulded on the exterior with a double ring and incised with motif of thin lines.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Kangxi (1662-1722)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 5.90 in. x 1.96 in. (15 cm x 5 cm)
- Reference :
- E010
- Status:
- sold
Related works
See John Ayers, La Collection De Porcelaines Chinoises De Marie Vergottis : The Chinese Porcelain Collection Of Marie Vergottis, 2004, pp. 164-167.
Notice
The “aubergine” enamel (eggplant), also known as Qiepi zi, was made from a manganese containing byproduct from the purification process of the Chinese local cobalt, which was processed into a pure sapphire blue
Different shades of Aubergine from intense ‘brinjal’ purple to brown and light watery purple were all made by the Chinese low-grade cobalt-iron-manganese ore mixed with lead and quartz sand.
Photography : Jérémie Beylard / Agence PHAR
