DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND SGRAFFITO MEDALLION BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The exterior decorated with four circular medallions enclosing sprays of peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and plum blossoms within a gilt border, separated by four stylized scrolls of lotus blossoms and lingzhi fungus, all reserved on a lemon-yellow sgraffito ground, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a central medallion of further floral sprays within a double circle, below four ribbon-tied branches of the flowers of the four seasons
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Philip Kappel Art Collection, Milford, Connecticut.

Lot Essay

A similar Daoguang bowl is illustrated in Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Chinese Ceramics from the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1993, p. 143, no. 69. And another in the Roemere Museum, Hildesheim, is illustrated by U. Weisner, Chinesische Keramik: Meisterwerke aus Privatsammlungen, Cologne, 1988, no. 146.

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