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A FINE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE PROVENANCE
ROSE ‘FLORAL’ BOWLS One of the bowls was formerly in the collection of the Gjers
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE family, Middlesborough, and thence by descent to Stokesley
AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) on Teeside, Yorkshire. In the 19th century, the Gjers family
Each bowl has deep rounded sides rising to a slightly flaring rim. immigrated from Sweden to England where they established iron
Each is enamelled to the exterior with leafy scrolling tendrils and steel mills
bearing six large and colourful blooms, including chrysanthemum LITERATURE
and camellia, all reserved on a bright lemon-yellow ground. The Marchant, Recent Acquisitions 2012: Important Chinese Porcelain from
interiors are each decorated with five iron-red bats in flight. Private Collections, London, 2012, pp. 118-119, no. 53
7º in. (18.5 cm.) diam., box (2)
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
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