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

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A FAMILLE-ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'FO RI CHANG MING' BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bowl has deep rounded sides rising to a flared mouth rim, supported on a short foot. The exterior is elaborately decorated with four roundels containing the characters 'fo ri chang ming', encircled by colourful stylised lotus sprays and scrolling leaves.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The phrase 'fo ri chang ming' may be translated as 'may the light of Buddhism always shine'.
Compare the present lot to a smaller but very similarly decorated Daoguang bowl in the Simon Kwan Collection, which was exhibited in Imperial porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, p. 65, catalogue no. 39.

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