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A RARE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE Provenance A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘FLORAL
‘BALSALM PEAR’ BOWL Collection of Mr. Malcolm Mackintosh (act. ‘DISHES
Qianlong seal mark and of the period early 20th century) 18th century
Delicately enamelled with ripe fruit suspended Each sparsely enamelled to the interior with
from a leafy vine tendril amongst bamboo Mr. Mackintosh worked for Butterfield and floral sprays with a variety of blossoming
sprays and butterflies in flight, the exterior Swire in China, returning in 1932. flowers, the base with an underglaze-blue
design painted over the rim into the interior. mark.
11.2cm (4 3/8in) diam. Compare with a pair of similar bowls in the Each: 16cm (6 1/4in) diam. (2).
Percival David Foundation, illustrated in S.
£2,000 - 3,000 Pierson and A. Barnes, A Collector’s Vision: £2,000 - 3,000
Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor, no. 52,
CNY18,000 - 27,000 p. 63. CNY18,000 - 27,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000 HK$22,000 - 33,000
See another comparable example sold in
Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 2018, lot 543.

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