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A DOUCAI ‘MARRIAGE’ BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bowl is decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of ducks in a
lotus pond, below a band of dragons chasing faming pearls in underglaze blue
to the rim. The interior is decorated with a central roundel enclosing a pair of
ducks in a lotus pond and the rim is painted with a band of lanca characters.
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
£10,000-15,000 $14,000-20,000
€12,000-17,000 (mark)
PROVENANCE
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the
family.
清道光 鬥彩荷塘鴛鴦圖碗 六字篆書款

來源: 英國學者詹甯斯(1904-1976)舊藏, 家傳至今