A FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON AND BUTTERFLY' BOWL
A FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON AND BUTTERFLY' BOWL
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON AND BUTTERFLY' BOWL

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

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON AND BUTTERFLY' BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bowl is delicately enamelled on the exterior with a butterfly hovering above fruiting and flowering bitter melon vines entwined on bamboo branches, the pattern extending over the everted rim into the interior detailed with another butterfly.
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam., box

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