Lot Essay
A similar bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Honey, Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1947, pl.99b and by Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, London, 1986, fig.107
DAOGUANG SEALMARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
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A set of three pink sgraffiato-ground famille rose bowls,
Daoguang sealmark in underglaze blue and of the period
The interior decorated in underglaze blue with a medallion of the Cowherd and the Spinning Maid surrounded by birds and clouds, the two legendary figures repeated in famille rose enamels on the exterior in seperate roundels divided by two other roundels of figure scenes, all separated by multi-coloured vapour reserved on a pink sgraffiato ground (rim crack, minute frits)
14.7cm. diam. (3)
Daoguang sealmark in underglaze blue and of the period
The interior decorated in underglaze blue with a medallion of the Cowherd and the Spinning Maid surrounded by birds and clouds, the two legendary figures repeated in famille rose enamels on the exterior in seperate roundels divided by two other roundels of figure scenes, all separated by multi-coloured vapour reserved on a pink sgraffiato ground (rim crack, minute frits)
14.7cm. diam. (3)