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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
DAOGUANG, IRON-RED 'BARAGON TUMED' MARKS IN MONGOLIAN SCRIPT (1821-1850)

Each enamelled on the exterior with the Buddhist emblems of the 'Seven Regal Treasures', including the Wheel of Law, elephant, horse, jewel, the Queen, the Minister and the General, within leaf-shaped panels, supported on lotus blooms above stylised waves and rocks, below a band of tasselled lion-mask lappets, all between shou symbols separated by Buddhist emblems, the interior with a single flowerhead
4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

An identical bowl is illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1987, pl. CXII; while two pairs of cups of this design include one from the Weishaupt collection, illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 54; and the other sold in these Rooms, 28 November 2005, lot 1367. These bowls and cups form part of a service made at the Imperial factories to celebrate the marriage of one of the Daoguang Emperor's daughters to a Mongolian prince of the Tumed banner in 1842.

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