A PAIR OF CHINESE CORAL-GROUND RESERVE-DECORATED BOWLS
A PAIR OF CHINESE CORAL-GROUND RESERVE-DECORATED BOWLS

DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-50)

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A PAIR OF CHINESE CORAL-GROUND RESERVE-DECORATED BOWLS
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-50)
Each bowl decorated with two registers of evenly-spaced, stylised lotus heads amongst dense scrolling foliage, the details of the petals and leaves pencilled in red, all reserved on a coral-red ground, the interiors plain white
5 in. (12.8 cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
The Edward T. Chow Collection; sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot 152.
Sold Christie's, London, 19 April 1983, lot 376.
Sold Christie's, London, 12 November 2002, lot 62.

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A similar bowl is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, pl. 174.

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