Lot 401
401
A FAMILLE ROSE SGRAFFIATO-GROUND BOWL

Details
A FAMILLE ROSE SGRAFFIATO-GROUND BOWL
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

The exterior of the flaring, rounded sides decorated in famille rose enamels with four circular medallions of 'antiques' separated by foliate sprays, all reserved on a ruby-colored sgraffiato ground, the interior decorated in underglaze blue with a highly stylized central medallion below four ribbon-tied lanterns in the well
5 7/8in. (14.9cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A similar bowl with Daoguang mark was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, June 9--August 2, 1992, Catalogue, p. 327, no. 194; and another from the Weishaupt Collection was included in the exhibition, From the Dragon's Throne, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, June 25--August 30, 1987, Catalogue, p. 41, no. 38