A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The exterior finely enamelled with a flowering bitter melon vine and bamboo that continues over the everted rim into the interior, the vine bearing two melons on the exterior and interior, on each side the pebbled pink and yellow rind of one melon has burst open to expose the iron-red seeds and a butterfly hovers nearby
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) diam.

拍品專文

Melons, gua, which are filled with many seeds, symbolize fertility and a wish for many sons.

A pair of bowls of similar design in the Percival David Foundation is illustrated by S. Pierson and A. Barnes, A Collector's Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor, London, 2002, p. 63, no. 53. Another example of identical size, is illustrated by R. Krahl and C. von Spee, Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, London, 2003, pp. 150-1, no. 117.