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A gilt and polychrome enameled export
8346 porcelain bowl
A massive polychrome enameled export porcelain 18th century
punch bowl Its curving walls raised on a tall foot, the exterior painted with iron
19th century red and gilt predominating in the decorative band below the rim and
Intricately painted in opaque white and translucent enamels with figural combined with more colorful enamels of the famille rose palette in
scenes framed by bands of colorful flowers and vines set against a the birds standing on rocks amid bamboo branches and seasonal
ground of minute black enamel dots, the bands along both sides of the blossoms, the floor of the well painted en suite with peony branches
rim interrupted with smaller rectangular reserves of flowers and birds, and the rim bordered with dotted reserves enclosed by intertwined leaf
the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the stout foot pad. scrolls, shields and flower buds.
23in (58.5cm) diameter 11 1/4in (28.5cm) diameter
$10,000 - 15,000
$2,000 - 4,000

Provenance Provenance
private collection, Northern California circular paper label of John Sparks, London
private collection, Phoenix, Arizona
acquired 1952 from Robert L. Ripley by repute, with copy of appraisal
conducted by W. Kurt Kremers in 1972

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