PROVENANCE:

William Worthing March (1940 - 2023) was the proud owner of a kennel club in Florida where he raised racing greyhounds in his early career. Later in life he became a jeweler and opened his own jewelry store. It was through this business that he was able to purchase from estates a collection of fine porcelains that have been consigned to us to sell at auction. During his career he had the opportunity to travel to many foreign countries also adding to his collection.

Dimensions: Length: 17.5 cm, Width: 17.5 cm, Height: 6.5 cm

Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Guangxu Green Glaze Porcelain Bowls. Potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward the flaring mouth rim, raised on a small round, with slight concave footing. Warm and uniform apple green glaze applied to the surface, only the outer bottom is white glazed. Green is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. Green stands for health, prosperity, and harmony. In Chinese culture, green stands for cleanliness and purity from contamination.The Under base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark. Made in The Years of Guangxu Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.
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