DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

Details

A Reverse-Decorated Coral-Ground Bowl
Daoguang seal mark and of the period (1821-1850)
The deep, slightly flared sides decorated with two rows of interlocked peony and lotus scroll, the tendrils enclosing the lotus blossoms forming a double-gourd shape, all in white against the coral-red ground
5.8in. (13cm.) diam.

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 27 November 1991, lot 427.

Lot Essay

Compare the similar bowl with Daoguang mark illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, no. 69. Another example is ilustrated by S. Valenstein in A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989 ed, no. 282.

More from Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

View All