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AN ENAMELLED ‘TEN VIEWS OF JIANGXI PROVINCE’ BOWL Provenance: by repute, gifted to the present owner by Ivy Suckling,
Iron-red Jiaqing seal mark and of the period daughter of Sir Claude MacDonald, who acquired it in China circa
The scene inscribed Baihua chun xiao [Spring Dawn at Hundred 1900, and thence by descent.
Flowers], showing Baihua Island in East Lake in Nanchang, depicting
figures in a riverside garden with a ceremonial arch, before a walled This bowl belongs to a set depicting famous scenic spots of the
compound amongst willow trees identified as Donghu Shuyuan [East region around Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province. Geng Baochang
Lake College], further buildings beyond connected by bridges, the mentions as characteristic of the Jiaqing reign finely potted and
interior in iron-red with a central roundel of pine, finger citron and painted porcelains decorated with ten famous views of various
blossoming prunus, within a ruyi-motif border. 14.5cm (5 1/4in) diam. areas, such as Ten Views of West Lake, in Hangzhou, Ten Views
of Changjiang, the Yangzi River, Ten Views of Lushan, a mountain
£8,000 - 12,000 in Jiangxi, and Ten Views of Dongting, a lake in Hunan; see Geng
HK$85,000 - 130,000 Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing
CNY71,000 - 110,000 porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993, p. 293.

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