The bowl is moulded on the exterior with a double ring and incised with motif of thin lines.
The bowl is moulded on the exterior with a double ring and incised with motif of thin lines.
See John Ayers, La Collection De Porcelaines Chinoises De Marie Vergottis : The Chinese Porcelain Collection Of Marie Vergottis, 2004, pp. 164-167.
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