A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWLS

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A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWLS
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The exterior of each with four circular panels containing figures in lakeside landscapes, three predominantly in grisaille, the fourth decorated in enamels of soft tones, on a bright lemon-yellow ground with dense feathery scrollwork in graviata, divided by multi-coloured sprigs in two registers, the interior centred with a formal florette with radiating ruyi petals and smaller flowers
5 3/4 in. (14.8 cm.) diam., box (2)

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Previously sold at these Rooms, 8 October 1990, lot 529.

Compare with a similar pair of bowls in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 102. A single bowl from the Yangzhitang collection is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1983, pl.36, and sold in our Singapore Rooms, 30 March 1997, lot 271.

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