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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
(two views)
1095 Compare the current bowl to a set of fve almost identical examples from the
Alfred Morrison Collection, three with Fonthill Heirlooms labels, which sold
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SHALLOW BOWL at Christie’s London, 9 November 2004, lot 25.
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯花卉紋碗 六字楷書刻款
The bowl is supported on a circular foot and has gently fared sides. The
exterior is decorated with four yellow-ground shaped cartouches framed by
pairs of stylised phoenixes, each enclosing a large fowering lotus fanked by
two smaller buds on leafy stems, the panels divided by pendant bat and foliate
motifs, above a band of foral scroll around the foot.
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
£20,000-40,000 $31,000-61,000
€28,000-54,000
PROVENANCE:
Property from a private English collection.
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