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A pair of celadon glazed bowls with iron red
8337 phoenix medallions
A pair of coral ground bowls with famille rose Daoguang six-character marks and of the period
floral decoration Each of inverted bell form and covered with a pale gray-green glaze
Daoguang six-character marks and of the period that forms the ground to phoenix roundels encircling the exterior walls
Their exterior walls decorated with three large yellow enamel reserves, and centering the floor of the wide, curving well, the recessed base
filled with a single peony blossom framed with leafy vines and floral displaying the mark written in underglaze blue seal script beneath a
sprays upon a coral ground, the interiors without decoration; the mark colorless glaze.
written in underglaze blue seal script across each recessed base. 5 5/8in (14.4cm) diameter
4 1/4in (10.8cm) diameter $30,000 - 50,000
$3,000 - 5,000
For pairs of Daoguang bowls sold with this design, see Christie’s,
A pair of Daoguang bowls with the same pattern were sold in Hong Kong sale 2862, 1 June 2011, lot 3715 (5 3/4in/14.5cm); and
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, sale 18412, 13 December Christie’s, London sale 1523, 13 May 2014, lot 323 (5 3/4in/14.5cm).
2010, lot 5240.
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