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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘BITTER MELON AND BUTTERFLIES’
BOWLS
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
Each is decorated on the exterior with a fowering bitter melon vine
and bamboo that continue over the rim into the interior, the vine
bearing two melons on the exterior and two on the interior, two of
the melons with the seeds bursting through the pebbled pink and
yellow rind, while two butterfies futter nearby, both inside and out.
4¡ in. (11.1 cm.) diam., box (2)
$25,000-35,000
Compare two similar bowls sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September (another view)
2011, lot 1661, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot
3327.
清道光 粉彩「瓜瓞綿綿」盌一對 六字篆書款
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