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8053 Two of the seals decorating the exterior read waiyuan neifang (round
A POLYCHROME PORCELAIN STEM BOWL without and square within), an idiomatic expression implying the
Daoguang Mark and of the period concept of having a gentle exterior and a strong interior, which echoes
The shallow dish of square form with canted corners, rising on a wide the square shape of the dish and the round shape of the pedestal.
circular stem, the exterior decorated in underglaze blue with plum
blossoms on a cracked-ice ground, the petals picked out in gilt, each Porcelains with the Fengshi or Feng-clan mark are known and
of the four sides adorned with a circular medallion in overglaze iron highly sought after. A famille rose censer with this mark, also dated
red enclosing a four-character seal, the interior glazed in translucent Daoguang period, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September
sky blue, the walls rising to a wide lip, glazed in powdery green, the lip 2011, sale 2463, lot 1610. Using seals as a decorative scheme is also
carved with a continuous border of cloud scroll in low relief, the interior a known convention of the Daoguang period, illustrated in a pair of
of the stem glazed in sky blue, the underside with a mark in overglaze iron red dishes, sold at Christie’s London, 11 May 2011, Sale 3949,
iron red reading Daoguang nian Fengshi zhi. lot 611.
6 1/4in (15cm) wide

US$5,000 - 7,000

清道光 彩釉冰裂梅花紋「外圓內方」高足碟
《道光年馮氏製》礬紅楷書款

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