Lot Essay
A bowl of this pattern in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum, vol. 39, Hong Kong, 1999 p. 242, no. 214. Compare also a bowl in the E.T. Chow Collection sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong 25 November 1980, lot 159 and a bowl of this pattern from the Fonthill Heirlooms sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong 2 December 1977, lot 696. Others have been sold in these Rooms 2 May 1994, lot 679A; 29 Spetember 1992, lot 612; and 27 April 1997, lot 767.