A RESERVE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWL
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A RESERVE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWL

DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A RESERVE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bowl is thinly potted with tall rounded sides and a flaring mouth rim, raised on a short foot. The exterior of the bowl is delicately painted in iron-red to depict flower heads with leafy scrolls.
5 ? in. (13 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Gustav Wallenberg, Sweden, circa 1960
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Lot Essay

See an earlier Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795) bowl of this design in the Percival David Collection at the British Museum, illustrated by Margaret Medley, Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 94. Daoguang examples include one illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989 ed., p. 273, no. 282; and a pair of bowls from the E.T. Chow Collection sold at Christie's London, 12 November 2002, lot 62.

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