DAOGUANG MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
TWO BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS
DAOGUANG MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
The first painted on the exterior with a wide band of foliate scroll bearing morning glory blossoms between borders of chevrons and ruyi heads; the second painted with the 'three abundances', sanduo, below a border of scrolls, hairline crack
the first 5 7/8in (15cm.) diam., the second 4¾in. (11.9cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
The first painted on the exterior with a wide band of foliate scroll bearing morning glory blossoms between borders of chevrons and ruyi heads; the second painted with the 'three abundances', sanduo, below a border of scrolls, hairline crack
the first 5 7/8in (15cm.) diam., the second 4¾in. (11.9cm.) diam.
Literature
A similar pair of bowls sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 31 October 1994, lot 610
The source for the design can be traced to Ming ceramics; cf. the design on a tankard illustrated in Blue and White Ceramics of the world, vol. 2, pl 19 and the medallion of the basin ibid pl 21
A similar pair of bowls was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 09 September 1989, lot 777
Simon Kwan op. cit. p. 24 (no. 23) notes a 'medium sized bowl decorated in underglaze blue with three fruits of many seeds' recorded as item 23 in the production list in the Imperial Kiln for the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900 A.D.)
The source for the design can be traced to Ming ceramics; cf. the design on a tankard illustrated in Blue and White Ceramics of the world, vol. 2, pl 19 and the medallion of the basin ibid pl 21
A similar pair of bowls was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 09 September 1989, lot 777
Simon Kwan op. cit. p. 24 (no. 23) notes a 'medium sized bowl decorated in underglaze blue with three fruits of many seeds' recorded as item 23 in the production list in the Imperial Kiln for the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900 A.D.)
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 13, 104
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 13, 104
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 13, 104