A PAIR OF CORAL-GROUND RESERVE-DECORATED BOWLS, the rounded sides rising to a slightly flaring rim, the exterior with a continuous scroll of peony and lotus dividing hibiscus in iron-red on a coral ground, the interior plain, Daoguang seal marks and of the period

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A PAIR OF CORAL-GROUND RESERVE-DECORATED BOWLS, the rounded sides rising to a slightly flaring rim, the exterior with a continuous scroll of peony and lotus dividing hibiscus in iron-red on a coral ground, the interior plain, Daoguang seal marks and of the period
13cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

A similar bowl from the Simon Kwan Collection, exhibited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing, Catalogue, no.69; another from the Weishaupt Collection is illustrated by G. Avitable, From the Dragons Treasure, Catalogue, no.75; an example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Art, p.282; and for a further bowl in the Percival David Foundation, Catalogue, Section 5, no.B709

Similar examples were sold in our Rooms in Hong Kong, 20 March 1990, lot 627

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