AN IRON-RED SAUCER-DISH

DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Details
AN IRON-RED SAUCER-DISH
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Delicately potted and finely enamelled with a central medallion enclosing the wu fu encircled by further bats in the cavetto and another eight to the exterior; and another coral-ground bowl decorated with a formal lotus meander, Daoguang seal mark and of the period
the dish 6in. (15.4cm.) diam., the bowl 5in. (12.8cm.) diam.
Literature
A similar example in the Percival David Foundation is illustrated in Catalogue, no. section 5, no. B709; one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated by Velenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1989, no. 282.
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 69
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 69
Sale room notice
Small restoration to rim of the bowl that is not illustrated

More from Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

View All
View All