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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL AND
COVER
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the steep rounded sides well-painted on the
exterior with three overlapping rows of lotus
petals in shaded pink enamels with Þ ne veining
below a band of stylized stamens in yellow
and brown and above a stippled green border
around the foot suggesting a stem, the domed
cover similarly decorated on a ground of
stylized leaves, the spherical gilt knop rising
from a yellow-ground seed-pod, the base with a
six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 4¼ in., 10.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 23rd September 1995,
lot 475.
$ 5,000-7,000
㶭忻⃱ġġġ䰱⼑咖䒋䲳味䙴
˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫㫦
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䲸䲬喯⭴㭼1995⸜9㚰23㖍炻䶐嘇475

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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PUCE-ENAMELED BLUE AND
WHITE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWL
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
sturdily potted with the rounded sides
resting on a slightly tapered foot, the exterior
decorated with the Eight Immortals carrying
their respective attributes, riding on various sea
creatures or plants across tumultuous waves,
all above a keyfret band encircling the foot,
the interior similarly decorated with a central
medallion enclosing Shoulao and a deer among
crested waves below scrolling clouds, the base
with a six-character seal mark in underglaze
blue
Diameter 8⅞ in., 22.4 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
㶭忻⃱ġġġ曺剙傕傪䲭⼑ℓẁ忶㴟⚾䙴

˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫㫦
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