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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE particular auspicious meaning. The symbolism continues on
COLLECTION the interior, where the " ve soaring bats (wufu) represent a
A FINE FAMILLE-ROSE YELLOW-GROUND wish for the owner to enjoy the ‘Five Blessings’ of longevity,
‘FLORAL’ BOWL, health, wealth, love of virtue, and peaceful death.
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD A closely related Daoguang mark and period bowl of this
type in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum is
the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a illustrated in Rose Kerr, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-
gently ! ared rim, the exterior brightly enameled with six vivid, 1911, London, 1986, pl. 106; another, in the collection of the
large blooms including peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and Metropolitan Museum of Art, is included in Oriental Ceramics:
hibiscus on interlocking dense scrolling leafy stems issuing The World’s Greatest Collections, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 163;
smaller blossoms and tender buds, all reserved on a rich yellow and a third is illustrated in Hugh Moss, By Imperial Command,
ground, the interior decorated in the center with " ve iron-red Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 8. Compare a closely related bowl sold in
bats swooping in varying directions, the base with the six- our London rooms, 9th November 2011, lot 472; another sold
character seal mark in underglaze-blue at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 4020; a third sold in
Diameter 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm our Hong Kong rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 3024 and a fourth in
these rooms, 13th September 2017, lot 34.
PROVENANCE
West Coast Private Collection. $ 60,000-80,000
Christie’s New York, 28th March 1996, lot 407.
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Yellow-ground bowls profusely painted with ! owers in the ɽ༸ΈϋႡಛ
famille-rose palette originated in the Kangxi period and
continued to be produced in the imperial kilns through the end Ը๕
of the Qing dynasty. The compositional complexity and choice Г֦ӷɛϗᔛ
of ! ora varied. The present example belongs to the most ॲߒԳɻ1996ϋ3˜28˚dᇜ407
ornate class of bowls of this type. The exterior is sumptuously
ornamented with assorted ! owers, each type imparting a
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