DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850), BAOSHANZHAI ZHI IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK

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A DOUCAI 'LOTUS SPRAY' BOWL
DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850), BAOSHANZHAI ZHI IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK
The rounded sides of the bowl are delicately painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in the doucai palette with three double-lotus sprays growing leafy tendrils. The interior is decorated with a medallion enclosing a single lotus stalk, the petals picked out in iron red. The base is inscribed with an iron-red Baoshanzhai studio mark.
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

A Qianlong bowl of this design was included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong exhibition Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Catalogue, no. 105.

Two lotus blossoms on one stem provides the rebus for bingdi tongxin, 'May you have a harmonious marriage and share the same ideals'.

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