DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PILGRIM BOTTLE
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The flattened circular body with moulded peach shaped panels painted with bats amongst fruiting peach sprays enclosed by a lotus scroll repeated on the shoulder below a palmette border, the narrow sides and rim border, the narrow sides and rim border with lingzhi scrolls, the handles with lappet terminals, with a classic scroll around the foot (rim chip restored, small area of overpainting)
9½in. (24.3cm.) high
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The flattened circular body with moulded peach shaped panels painted with bats amongst fruiting peach sprays enclosed by a lotus scroll repeated on the shoulder below a palmette border, the narrow sides and rim border, the narrow sides and rim border with lingzhi scrolls, the handles with lappet terminals, with a classic scroll around the foot (rim chip restored, small area of overpainting)
9½in. (24.3cm.) high
Literature
Cf. a similar example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, pl 112
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 6
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 6
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 6