Lot 166
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A FINE DOUCAI BOWL
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A FINE DOUCAI BOWL

UNDERGLAZE BLUE DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACETR SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-50)

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A FINE DOUCAI BOWL
UNDERGLAZE BLUE DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACETR SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-50)
Enamelled on the exterior with six stylised floral bouquets, encompassed by a festooned flower scroll, the interior further enriched by a band of florets and petals within interlinked arching trefoils encircling a single flower spray
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Simon Kwan, Christies, Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 384.
Literature
Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing, From the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1983, no. 28.
Exhibited
Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing, From the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 August - 25 September 1983, no. 28.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A pair of similar bowls from the E. T. Chow Collection is illustrated by Beurdeley and Raindre in Qing Porcelain, Fribourg, 1987, pl. 246; another pair was sold in these Rooms, 18 June 2002, lot 249; and a further example was exhibited in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from The Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 101.

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