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3170

THE PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTOR THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
3170 3171
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BITTER MELON AND A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GRISAILLE-
BUTTERFLY’ BOWL DECORATED JARDINIÈRES
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908), TIHEDIAN ZHI SEAL MARKS IN IRON
AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) RED
The bowl is delicately enamelled on the exterior with a butterfly Each jardinière is delicately painted in shades of grey enamel with
hovering above fruiting and flowering bitter melon vines entwined leafy chrysanthemum sprays interspersed with smaller sprays of
on bamboo branches, the pattern extending over the everted rim asters, all reserved on an even lemon-yellow ground. Each mouth
into the interior detailed with another butterfly. rim is decorated with scrolls in lime-green enamel against an
4 Ω in. (11.5 cm.) diam., box aubergine ground. Each base is covered with a clear glaze and
marked with a Tihedian zhi seal mark in iron red, which may
HK$120,000-150,000 US$16,000-19,000 be translated as ‘Made for the Hall of Manifest Harmony’ in the
centre surrounded by spur marks.
清道光 粉彩瓜瓞綿綿盌 六字篆書款 8 ¿ in. (20.6 cm.) wide, wood stands (2)
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3340.

清光緒 黃地墨彩菊花紋長方盆一對
礬紅「體和殿製」篆書款

來源
香港佳士得，2014 年 11 月 26 日，拍品 3340 號
3170 mark

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