A FINE AND VERY RARE SET OF FAMILLE ROSE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND DESSERT BOWLS
IRON-RED GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
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A FINE AND VERY RARE SET OF FAMILLE ROSE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND DESSERT BOWLS
IRON-RED GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Comprising of three similar bowls, all finely and delicately enamelled with a large phoenix in flight beside peony branches, the rim with Buddhist emblem borders, the interior with a huge peony flower-head
4¼in. (10.7cm.) diam. (3)
Lot Essay
Powder-blue-ground Peranakan wares are the rarest. Cf. a near identical pair of dessert bowls sold in these Rooms, 27 March 1994, lot 169.
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