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A DOUCAI MEDALLION BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
(mark) The fared sides are intricately decorated to the
exterior with roundels of fruiting trees separated
by branches of pomegranate, above a lappet
border to the foot.
6 in. (15.2 cm.)
£4,000-6,000 $5,300-7,900
€4,500-6,700
PROVENANCE
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976),
then by descent within the family.
With Sidney L Moss, 81 Davies St., London.

Bowls with this design are based on Kangxi
period (1662-1722) prototypes, such as one in
the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in
Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong,
1999, p. 216, no. 197. See a Qianlong example,
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sold at Christie’s New York, 13-14 September
2012, lot 1175.
清乾隆 鬥彩團花紋馬蹄式碗
六字篆書款
來源: 英國學者詹甯斯(1904-1976)舊
藏, 家傳至今

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A WUCAI SHALLOW ‘BOYS’ BOWL
19TH CENTURY
The bowl is fnely decorated with a continuous
scene of boys gathered playing and engaged in
leisurely pursuits beside rocks and plantain on a
fenced garden terrace. The base is painted with an
apocryphal Chenghua mark.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.
£5,000-8,000 $6,600-10,000
€5,600-8,900
39 PROVENANCE
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976),
then by descent within the family.
清十九世紀 五彩嬰戲圖碗

來源: 英國學者詹甯斯(1904-1976)舊
藏, 家傳至今

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