A FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWL

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

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A FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
With a slightly flared mouth rim rising from rounded sides and a short straight foot, the exterior delicately enamelled and gilded with four medallions enclosing the 'Lanterns of Abundance', feng deng, interspersed by floral sprays reserved on a ruby sgraffiato ground, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a central roundel enclosing four flowering plants divided by butterflies suspending bejewelled ruyi-heads, surrounded by four canopied flasks tied to fluttering ribbons
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare a bowl of similar design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 39, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 216. Another example is in the collection of Dr. S.K. Kwan, included in the exhibition, Joined Colors, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1993, illustrated in the catalogue, no. 58; and another one is in the Metropolitan Museum, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl. 281.
Several similar bowls were sold in our Hong Kong rooms, including a pair sold on 29 May 2007, lot 1508, and one sold on 27 November 2007, lot 1772.

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