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    Sale 7100

    FINE CHINESE PORCELAINS AND ENAMELS

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    9 November 2004

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    • A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-
    Lot 43

    A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWLS

    IRON-RED JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

    Price realised

    GBP 33,460

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWLS
    IRON-RED JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
    Circular and with conforming foot-rims, each enamelled and gilt on the exterior with four equidistant panels containing vases of flowers and objects associated with the Duanwu festival, all reserved on a lemon-yellow ground enriched with flowering lotuses amidst dense scrolling leaves linked by ruyi, the centres of the interiors with a lozenge suspended from flowering tree peony branches growing on a grassy terrace, below a band of meandering lotuses around the rims, primarily picked out in iron-red and turquoise
    7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam. (2)

    Provenance

    Alfred Morrison Collection
    Fonthill Heirlooms labels, no. 356

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