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Underside and Interior Views

70 This bowl belongs to the group of very delicate famille rose small bowls
A rare famille rose ‘deer’ bowl made during the Yongzheng period. Comparable examples of similar
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period shape and variously decorated with floral branches, including a few
The rounded walls rising to the slightly-flared rim, supported on a short small blossoms scattered on the interior, are illustrated in The Complete
foot ring, the exterior finely enamelled with a spotted deer looking back Treasure of the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel
towards a crane resting on the branches of a gnarled pine, with lingzhi Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, pls.70 and
fungus sprigs at the base of the tree and two additional lingzhi sprigs in 72. The present lot is particularly unusual in featuring a deer combined
the interior. 9.5cm (3¾in) diam. with a crane, which together symbolise the universe enjoying springtime
£20,000 - 30,000 or longevity. This theme was particularly popular in the Qing Dynasty,
HK$240,000 - 350,000 CNY190,000 - 280,000 when deer and cranes would be kept in Imperial gardens to convey this
sentiment.
清雍正 粉彩松鹿紋碗 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
Compare a very similar bowl sold in these rooms, 11 November 2010,
Provenance: from the collection of an officer with the British forces in lot 313.
the ‘China Expeditionary Force’ 1900-1901.

來源：1900-1901年支那派遣軍英國軍隊某隊員的收藏系列

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