DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWLS
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
Each bowl is finely enamelled to the exterior with four roundels enclosing various precious antiquities and flowers, one roundel with a small cat, all separated by flowering lotus tendrils on a lemon-yellow ground. The centre of the interior is decorated with a roundel depicting a lozenge suspended from a peony branch below a band of peony and lotus blossoms interlinked with tendrils to the interior mouth rim.
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Marc Michot, Bruges, Belgium.

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Lot Essay

A very similar pair of bowls dated to the Jiaqing period was in the collection of Alfred Morrison, Fonthill House, sold at Christie's London 9 November 2004, lot 43. Another pair was sold at Christie's London, 8. November 2016, lot 32.

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