19TH CENTURY

细节

TWO INSCRIBED FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
19TH CENTURY
Each bowl is potted with tall sides rising to a flaring mouth rim, supported on a short tapering foot. One bowl is shaped with octagonal sides and the other has a foliate rim. Both bowls are delicately painted to the exterior with scenes depicting the different stages involved in tilling and weaving, with inscriptions and seal marks complementing the scenes depicted.
6¾ in. (17 cm.) diam. (2)

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Property from a Distinguished English Collection.

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The scenes on the current bowls depict the Gengzhi tu, 'Pictures of Tilling and Weaving', which was originally compiled by Lou Shou (1090-1162), published around 1237 during the Song dynasty. These inscriptions and pictures describe the processes of planting and weaving.