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THE SOAME JENYNS COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ART
A DOUCAI 'MARRIAGE' BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
Details
A DOUCAI 'MARRIAGE' BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bowl is decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of ducks in a lotus pond, below a band of dragons chasing flaming pearls in underglaze blue to the rim. The interior is decorated with a central roundel enclosing a pair of ducks in a lotus pond and the rim is painted with a band of lanca characters.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bowl is decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of ducks in a lotus pond, below a band of dragons chasing flaming pearls in underglaze blue to the rim. The interior is decorated with a central roundel enclosing a pair of ducks in a lotus pond and the rim is painted with a band of lanca characters.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.
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Samantha Yuen