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A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL AND COVER AN UNUSUAL LARGE FAMILLE ROSE BASIN
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON RED AND OF GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The center is decorated in iron-red and gilt with a dragon and a phoenix
The bowl with deep faring sides is decorated on one side with a large katydid confronted on a faming pearl amongst cloud scrolls, surrounded by a border
perched on top of a chrysanthemum fower amidst further chrysanthemums of alternating bats and peaches, below alternating roundels of dragons and
and rocks and on the reverse with a grasshopper in fight. The similarly phoenixes, and bats grasping the Endless Knot on the well. The everted rim
decorated cover has an iron-red Daoguang seal mark in the interior of the is decorated in famille rose with the ‘hundred antiques’, and the exterior has
recessed fnial. butterfies in fight amongst various fowering sprays.
4º in. (10.7 cm.) diam. 18º in. (46.4 cm.) diam., Japanese box
$10,000-15,000 $10,000-15,000
清道光 粉彩蟈蟈紋蓋盌 礬紅六字篆書款 清光緒 粉彩龍鳳紋大盆

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