TWO FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND SGRAFFITO MEDALLION BOWLS

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

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TWO FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND SGRAFFITO MEDALLION BOWLS
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The exterior decorated with four circular medallions enclosing sprays of chrysanthemums, asters and lingzhi fungus within a gilt border, separated by four ribbon-tied peach branches positioned above a band of froth-capped waves, all reserved on a lemon-yellow sgraffito ground, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a central medallion of lingzhi and bamboo growing from rocks rising from crashing waves beneath ribbon-tied wan emblems, all below four peony and lingzhi sprays
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

This bowl is entirely decorated with auspicious motifs: peaches for longevity; peony for prosperity; lingzhi for fulfillment; and wan for 'ten thousand'. Famille rose-decorated bowls of this type, with four medallions reserved on a sgraffito ground were quite popular during the Daoguang period, and the painting was delicate and refined. A pair of similar bowls was included in the exhibition, Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enameled Wares, S. Marchant and Son, London, July 1981, no. 59.

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