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A FAMILLE-ROSE RUBY-GROUND ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ BOWL The handscroll motif on the present bowl derives from Yongzheng
18th or 19th century, possibly Samson period precedents. See, for example, a Yongzheng period famille-rose
Elegantly and thinly potted with deep rounded sides above a slightly jar and cover decorated with various shaped panels including scroll
tapering foot, the exterior brilliantly enameled with handscroll-form paintings, illustrated in J. Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in
panels each enclosing a colorful feathered bird on the branch of a the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol. I, London, 2016, p.311,
peony spray, all reserved on a ruby-red ground with gnarled branches no.710. Another Yongzheng period vase decorated with variously
of blossoming prunus extending from under each end of the scroll shaped panels, including scrolls, is illustrated in A. du Boulay, The Taft
paintings, the white interior covered with a clear glaze and centered by Museum: Its History and Collections, Vol. II, New York, 1995, p.678,
a loose leafy peony spray and bud. no.1931.183.
3in (7.6cm) high; 7 3/4in. (19.7cm) diam
For two ruby-backed saucer dishes from the Yongzheng period, one in
$1,500 - 2,000 the Percival David Foundation, London, the other in The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, both painted with a similar, colorfully
十八或十九世紀 或為 Samson 製 粉彩開光花鳥圖軸紋碗 feathered, stocky bird on a magnolia branch near leafy peony sprays,
see Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.LII, no.1, for the first,
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 and Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1975, p.216, no.152 for the
Provenance: second, that interestingly also has an Avery provenance (accession.
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York no. 79.2.693).
Purchase by subscription, 1879
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present

來源：
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約
會費購藏，1879 年
大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今

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