Lot Essay
Cf. a Daoguang marked bowl of different shape but similar decoration from the collection of Simon Kwan included in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue, no. 32
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
ENCIRCLED GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted with nine mythical beasts on a ground of pencilled cresting waves, all between formal borders, the interior with a single dragon--8¼in. (21cm.) diam.; a doucai conical bowl, encircled Guangxu four-character mark and of the period, painted and enamelled around the exterior with roundels of heavily foliated peach trees, divided by pairs of iron-red pomegranates, the medallion with a peony spray (chips polished)--4¼ in. (10.7cm.) diam.; a rare sancai vase and stand, Liao Dynasty, the body carved with four leafy peony sprays between lappet borders, the recessed stand supported by a peony-shaped foot (glaze flakes)--9¾in. (24.6cm.) high; and a gilt-bronze zun cover, Western Han Dynasty, the shallow tiered dome surmounted by a phoenix finial (losses)--7 5/8 in. (19.2cm.) diam. (4)
ENCIRCLED GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted with nine mythical beasts on a ground of pencilled cresting waves, all between formal borders, the interior with a single dragon--8¼in. (21cm.) diam.; a doucai conical bowl, encircled Guangxu four-character mark and of the period, painted and enamelled around the exterior with roundels of heavily foliated peach trees, divided by pairs of iron-red pomegranates, the medallion with a peony spray (chips polished)--4¼ in. (10.7cm.) diam.; a rare sancai vase and stand, Liao Dynasty, the body carved with four leafy peony sprays between lappet borders, the recessed stand supported by a peony-shaped foot (glaze flakes)--9¾in. (24.6cm.) high; and a gilt-bronze zun cover, Western Han Dynasty, the shallow tiered dome surmounted by a phoenix finial (losses)--7 5/8 in. (19.2cm.) diam. (4)