A DOUCAI 'MEDALLION' BOWL

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

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A DOUCAI 'MEDALLION' BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bowl has steep sides that flare towards the slightly everted rim, and is decorated on the exterior with roundels of fruiting or flowering trees separated by pomegranate sprays above a border of overlapping leaves.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Christie's East, New York, 7 February 1985, lot 401.

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Lot Essay

The 'medallion' bowl design appears to have originated in the Kangxi period, as exemplified by a similar design on a bowl with rounded sides illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 216, no. 197.

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