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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE PROVENANCE 㶭忻⃱ġġġ傕傪䲭⛘䰱⼑拎ᶲ㶣剙攳
COLLECTION
Acquired in China during the Þ rst half of the ⃱⌂⎌⚾䙴
A RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 20th century, and thence by descent.
SGRAFFIATO ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL A bowl of this type is illustrated in The Complete ˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫㫦
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Ը๕
Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ᶲ⋲叱⼿㕤ᷕ⚳炻㬌⼴⭞㕷⁛㈧
the deep rounded sides supported on a narrow and Famille-Rose Decoration, vol. 39, Hong
straight foot rising to a gently everted rim, Kong, 1999, pl. 216, where the author states
the exterior Þ nely enameled with four circular that the depiction of lanterns, antiques and
reserves enclosing ‘antiques’, ß owers, millet stems of millet conveys auspicious rebuses
and lanterns between stylized ß oral sprays, all such as ‘abundant grain harvest’ (wu gu feng
against a deftly incised sgra! ato ruby ground, deng), ‘peace all year round (si ji pingan), and
the interior painted in underglaze blue with ‘may you have a surplus of good luck’ (ji qing
four beribboned lanterns at the cavetto and a you yu).
central medallion radiating butterß y and foliate
sprays, the base with a six-character seal mark $ 20,000-30,000
in underglaze blue
Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm

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