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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE GILT-DECORATED 'BARAGON TUMED' BOWLS
DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850), IRON-RED 'BARAGON TUMED' MARKS IN MONGOLIAN
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The bowls are each decorated to the exterior with the 'Seven Regal Treasures', including the Wheel of the
Law, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, a male deity, the Minister and the General, all supported on lotus
blossoms and stylised waves. The foot and mouth rims are decorated with shou characters alternating
with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and the interior has an open pink lotus bloom.
4⅝ in. (11.8 cm.) diam. (2)
£20,000-30,000 US$27,000-39,000
€24,000-35,000
These bowls form part of a service made at the imperial factories to celebrate the marriage of one of
the Daoguang emperor's daughters to a Mongolian prince of the Tumed banner in 1842. Compare the
present lot to a larger bowl (17.8 cm. diam.) of the same design and inscribed with the 'Baragon Tumed'
mark in the British Museum, illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1987, pl. CXII. A
pair of cups with similar decoration from the Weishaupt collection is illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the
Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 54.

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