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The Property of an English Family 英國家族藏品
           Lots 131 - 132
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           A FINE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-SGRAFFIATO-GROUND        Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family
           ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL                                  records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time,
           Daoguang seal mark and of the period              this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
           Finely enamelled around the exterior with four medallions depicting   time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of
           figures in landscapes representing the Four Seasons, one in grisaille,   Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent.
           two in sepia, and one in famille rose enamels, all reserved on a ruby-
           red ground incised with feathery scrolls, the interior decorated in the   來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
           centre with a stylised flower head with eight iron-red ruyi-tipped petals   阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
           separated by blue leaves suspending pearls.
           14.7cm (5 3/4in) diam.                            Compare with a related famille rose yellow-ground bowl, Daoguang
                                                             seal mark and of the period, illustrated in Encompassing Precious
           £10,000 - 15,000                                  Beauty: The Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics,
                                                             Hong Kong, 2016, pp.220-221, no.86. A similar ruby-ground famille
           CNY88,000 - 130,000                               rose graviata ‘landscape’ bowl, Daoguang seal mark and of the period,
                                                             was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3641.
           清道光 胭脂紅地軋道粉彩開光四季山水圖盌
           青花「大清道光年製」篆書款



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