Lot Essay
This bowl is from the same service as the two pieces in the preceding lot. The inscription roundel is identical.
CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
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A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOWL MADE FOR ZILL-I SULTAN
CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
Of hemispherical form on short foot, the blue-grey ground decorated in brightly coloured enamels with fine scrolling floral and scrolling motifs around a band of gold ground floral panels containing floral sprays and birds alternating with pictorial roundels depicting interior scenes, floral bands above and below with minor gold interlace bands, one side with a roundel inscribed in gold nasta'liq, the other with similar gold and enamelled floral and pictorial designs, minute rim chip
13¼in. (33.6cm.) diam.
CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
Of hemispherical form on short foot, the blue-grey ground decorated in brightly coloured enamels with fine scrolling floral and scrolling motifs around a band of gold ground floral panels containing floral sprays and birds alternating with pictorial roundels depicting interior scenes, floral bands above and below with minor gold interlace bands, one side with a roundel inscribed in gold nasta'liq, the other with similar gold and enamelled floral and pictorial designs, minute rim chip
13¼in. (33.6cm.) diam.