DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED WITH CYCLICAL DATE, WUSHEN, CORRESPONDING TO 1848 AND OF THE PERIOD

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED WITH CYCLICAL DATE, WUSHEN, CORRESPONDING TO 1848 AND OF THE PERIOD
The exterior decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) arranged in four groups between ruyi bands in gilt and iron red repeated at the interior rim and again encircling three flowering branches in the center
6¾in. (17.2cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Christie's, Hong Kong, 23 March 1993, lot 755.

Lot Essay

Compare the famille rose Daoguang-marked bowl decorated with similar groupings of the bajixiang, but between gilt ruyi borders, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 232, no. 207. See, also, the pair of Daoguang bowls of this design bearing the same cyclical date sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 30 October 1995, lot 771.

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