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MARCHANT, EST. 1925

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A FAMILLE ROSE FISH BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Finely enameled with a fenced garden showing birds hovering above
peonies growing from rockwork, all between molded lion head
handles, the interior with various carp and shellfsh swimming
amongst aquatic plants
23Ω in. (59.7 cm.) diameter, 16Ω in. (41.9 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
with Ed Hardy, San Francisco.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 17 May 2005, lot 235.
Compare with a pair from the collection of the late Alfred Morrison
sold by order of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Margadale of Islay, Christie’s
London, 18 October 1971, lot 12. Another similar fshbowl, from
the collection of Sir Philip Sassoon, is illustrated by G.C. Williamson,
The Book of Famille Rose, pl, L111. These large-scale pieces were
among the most expensive and important output of the export kilns.

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