Lot Essay
A similar example from the National Palace Museum, Taibei, is illustrated in the Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, pl. 139; another from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated by S.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, p. 252, no. 255; an example from the Paul and Helen Bernat collection was sold in Hong Kong, 15 November 1988, lot 70; another sold in Hong Kong, 24 November 1987, lot 136.
A ruby-back bowl with famille rose decoration on the interior was included in the Exhibition of Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, Catalogue, no. 96. For a larger ruby-back famille rose dish, cf. lot 583 in the present sale.
(US$13,000-20,000)
A ruby-back bowl with famille rose decoration on the interior was included in the Exhibition of Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, Catalogue, no. 96. For a larger ruby-back famille rose dish, cf. lot 583 in the present sale.
(US$13,000-20,000)