A Pair of Large Ruby-Enamelled Blue and White Bowls

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A Pair of Large Ruby-Enamelled Blue and White Bowls
Guangxu six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period
The shallow rounded sides decorated in blue and white with the Eight Immortals and their attributes borne on ruby-enamelled waves, the interior with a similarly executed medallion of Shoulao and a deer
8¾in. (22.2cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 1 December 1988, lot 347.

Lot Essay

A similar bowl was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Gallery, 1983 p. 114, pl. 112; and another in the Weishaupt Collection is illustrated by Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure, London 1987, p. 103, pl. 148.

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