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A PAIR OF TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE HEXAGONAL A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BITTER MELON AND BUTTERFLY’ BOWL
JARDINIÈRES DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
19TH CENTURY AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
Each spittoon-form jardinière is decorated with two registers of densely The bowl is enamelled to the exterior with two butterfies in fight above
scrolling lotus fowers, one interspersed with gilt wan symbols, and the other bamboo stalks and a fowering leafy bitter melon vine that continues over the
with downward-facing bats, all separated by a ruyi-head band at the waist. rim into the interior. The vine bears two melons on the exterior and two on the
There is a lappet band at the foot just above the six ruyi-head feet. Each interior interior, two of which show the iron-red seeds bursting through the speckled
and base is glazed pale turquoise. pink and yellow rind.
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) wide 4¿ in. (10.7 cm.) diam.
(2) £4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,400
€4,600-6,900
£6,000-10,000 $8,500-14,000
€6,900-11,000
清道光 粉彩瓜瓞綿綿碗 六字篆書款
清十九世紀 孔雀綠地粉彩纏枝蓮紋六棱花盆一對

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