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    Sale 5101

    Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

    London, South Kensington

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    9 November 2007

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    • A famille rose ruby ground bow
    Lot 131

    A famille rose ruby ground bowl, Daoguang mark and period (1822-1851)

    Price realised

    GBP 1,500

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A famille rose ruby ground bowl, Daoguang mark and period (1822-1851)
    decorated to the exterior in coloured enamels with four roundels variously depicting fruiting pomegranate and peach branches and blossoming peony, surrounded by lotus flowerheads on a scrolling ruby ground, the interior in underglaze blue with a woven basket of flowersprays, surrounded by a band of fruiting and blossoming branches, Daoguang underglaze blue mark to base -- 5 7/8in. (14.8cm.) diam.

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