DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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A BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC KETTLE AND COVER HE
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted to the globular body with six lotus sprays each below a ribboned Buddhistic emblem, a further spray below the loop handle and a further emblem below the angled spout, with the legs, spout, waisted neck and cover decorated with lingzhi scrolls, the cover with an arched finial
8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted to the globular body with six lotus sprays each below a ribboned Buddhistic emblem, a further spray below the loop handle and a further emblem below the angled spout, with the legs, spout, waisted neck and cover decorated with lingzhi scrolls, the cover with an arched finial
8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high
Literature
A Qianlong marked example in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, is illustrated in the Catalogue, Blue and White Wares of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl 21.
This shape is recorded by Geng Bao Chang, Ming Qiing Ciqi Zhidian, fig. 50, no. 14
A pair of Daoguang marked ewers was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 09 September 1989, lot 787.
This shape is recorded by Geng Bao Chang, Ming Qiing Ciqi Zhidian, fig. 50, no. 14
A pair of Daoguang marked ewers was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 09 September 1989, lot 787.
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 5
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 5
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 5