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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND The earliest known group of this type of bowl was made during the
Qianlong reign. A pair of blue-ground floral medallion bowls from the
‘MEDALLION’ BOWL collections of Lord Loch of Drylaw and Alfred Morrison of the Fonthill
Heirlooms, was published by S. Marchant & Son in Recent Acquisitions
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND Catalogue, 2005, no.49, pp.84-5.
OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820) 清嘉慶 胭脂紅地軋道粉彩開光花卉紋盌
六字篆書款
The exterior is well enamelled with four gilt-bordered roundels
enclosing sprays of peonies, peaches, camellia and pomegranates, 來源
divided by stylised lotus sprigs against a sgraffiato ruby-pink 英國私人珍藏,建立於1950至1960年代
ground; the interior is painted in underglaze blue with a central
medallion of a basket of flowers, surrounded by four detached
clusters of lingzhi growing beside other flowering and fruiting
plants on the cavetto.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
PROVENANCE
An English private collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s
Compare, a Jiaqing mark and period blue ground floral ‘medallion’
bowl illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum-Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille
Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, no.183, p.207. Compare, also, a
pair of ruby-ground Jiaqing mark and period bowls with ‘A hundred
antiques’ medallions published by S. Marchant & Son in Recent
Acquisitions Catalogue, 2008, no.43, pp.96-7.
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