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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS AND BATS’ BOWL The present bowl is notable for its high quality of brilliant enamelling,
Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period serving as a fine testament to the Qianlong emperor’s appreciation
Well potted, rising from a short foot to an everted rim shaped as a of overglaze-enamelled porcelain. A similar combination of bats
flower head with a gilt edge, exquisitely decorated to the exterior with suspending endless knots and blossoming lotus, is on a famille rose
large colourful lotus flowers amidst smaller buds and leafy scrolls, bowl, Qianlong mark and period, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain
alternating to descending bats each suspending an endless knot, all of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.263.
set above crashing waves and a leiwen band encircling the foot, the
base with the six-character seal mark. Compare also with a related famille rose bowl, Qianlong mark and
16.3cm (6 1/2in) diam. (2). period, decorated with similar designs of lotus sprays and and bats
suspending emblems, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 18
£8,000 - 12,000 March 2016, lot 1626.
CNY63,000 - 94,000

清乾隆 粉彩番蓮「富貴綿長」紋盌
「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

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