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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTOR
1834
A FAMILLE ROSE SGRAFFIATO PALE BLUE-GROUND
‘MEDALLION’ BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) PROVENANCE:
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with four roundels enclosing The Collection of Laurence and Sophie (Williams) Moultrie, acquired
chrysanthemum and daisies, all reserved on a pale blue ground while serving as missionaries in China in the 1920s.
finely incised with scrolling tendrils and further decorated with floral
sprays. The center of the interior is further decorated with a roundel A pair of Daoguang 'medallion' bowls of this design and with sky-blue
of chrysanthemum, daisy and peony below four floral branches on the sgraffiato grounds is illustrated in Encompassing Precious Beauty: The
well. Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong,
2016, pp. 212-13, no. 82.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) diam.
$15,000-20,000

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(base) (interior)