A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-GROUND BOWLS

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-GROUND BOWLS
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Both finely enamelled with three lemon-yellow ground panels, each enclosing a broad blossoming peony and surrounded by foliate scrolls, connected by the slender stems bearing three smaller flowerheads amidst further leaves, delineated in black and picked out in shades of green and whitish-cream
4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. the example included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art Exhibition of the Wonders of the Potter's Palette, 1984, Catalogue, no. 104; and another from the Simon Kwan Collection included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, 1983, Catalogue, no., 51.

Compare with the pair and a single bowl sold in these Rooms, 17 January 1989, lot 715 and 31 October 1994, lot 682 respectively.

(US$12,000-16,000)

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