Lot 245
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A FINE PAIR OF REVERSE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWLS
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A FINE PAIR OF REVERSE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWLS

UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A FINE PAIR OF REVERSE-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND BOWLS
Underglaze-blue Qianlong seal marks and of the period (1736-95)
Each bowl decorated with two registers of stylised flower-heads with dense scrolling tendrils, the details of petals and leaves pencilled in iron-red, all reserved against a rich coral ground
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diam., box (2)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Compare a similar bowl in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, 1982, vol. 6., pl. 94; and three bowls in the Roemer Museum, Hildesheim, illustrated in The Ohlmer Collection, nos. 130-132.

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