Lot Essay
Cf. The related Xuantong marked bowl illustated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, Qing dynasty, no. 188.
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND PUCE-ENAMELLED BOWLS
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Each with the rounded sides painted in underglaze-blue to the exterior with the Eight Immortals on a ground of puce breaking waves above a narrow band of key-pattern at the foot, the centre of the interior decorated with Shoulao holding a staff beside a deer with a ruyi spray in its mouth below clouds
8 3/4in. (22.3cm.) diam. (2)
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Each with the rounded sides painted in underglaze-blue to the exterior with the Eight Immortals on a ground of puce breaking waves above a narrow band of key-pattern at the foot, the centre of the interior decorated with Shoulao holding a staff beside a deer with a ruyi spray in its mouth below clouds
8 3/4in. (22.3cm.) diam. (2)