A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'HARVEST' BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
Brightly enameled on one side with three young men reaping the ripened wheat, whilst two others gather and tie it into sheaves, the other with figures piling the sheaves on a large rick, one standing on top, another on a ladder, whilst a lady with a large basket looks on, all reserved on an iron-red Y-pattern ground, the interior with a simple floral bouquet at the center and a wide border
11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diameter
來源
The Louis J. Binder Collection; Christie's, London, 17 July 2003, lot 24. with Cohen and Pearce, London.
There are five or six 'harvest bowls' and two closely related bowls known in museum or private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.