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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIVE BLESSINGS’
PORCELAIN BOWL, DAOGUANG
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON RED
AND OF THE PERIOD
China, 1821-1850

The exteriors are each brightly enameled on a green
ground with four shou characters between pink bats
and endless knots, alternating with four lotus blossoms,
all amidst foliate scrolls and between a band of ruyi-
heads at the rim and a band of lappets above the foot.
The interior is glazed in crisp turquoise and contains a
gilt shou medallion, with two incorporated swastika
symbols, encircled by five pink bats, the symbol for the
‘five blessings’, namely longevity, wealth, health and
composure, virtue, and the desire to die a natural death
in old age. Old box. (2)

Shape: Porcelain bowl
Weight: 1080 grams
Dimensions: 26,4 cm diameter
Condition: There is expected surface wear, minor
scratches and minute nicks to the foot. Otherwise in
absolutely perfect condition. Old Chinese paper label
Provenance: George Pantages Page (1917-1988)
Collection, Hayward, California. An American east coast
private collection

Literature comparison: Compare with a related ‘marriage
bowl’ in Liu Liang-yu, Ch’ing Official and Popular Wares:
A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Taipei, 1991, page 271,
and in Xu Huping, Treasures in the Royalty: The Official
Kiln porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai,
2003, page 384.

Auction result comparison: FINE CHINESE ART. Bonham’s,
7 November 2013, LONDON, lot 185. (for a Daoguang
‘marriage bowl’ similar in execution and style)

㶭忻⃱䰱⼑”Ḽ䤷叔⢥”䒟䠿
“⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥”ℕ⫿㫦
ᷕ⚳炻1821-1850⸜
⢾⚵㖶Ṗ䘬䵈⸽䰱⼑炻⛐⚃晣䰱刚䘬圁圈ᶳ䘮⌘㚱”⢥”
⫿炻⚃㛝咖剙䨧㍺℞ᷕˤ䠿ℏἧ䓐Ṗ䛤䘬㜦䞛䵈刚炻䠿⽫㚱
挷慹叔⢥炻Ḽ圈䑘丆炻尉⽝”Ḽ䤷冐攨炻叔⢥䃉䔮”ˤ㬌䠿旬
㚱ᶨ冲䙺ˤ
⼊䉨烉䒟䠿
慵慷烉1080⃳
⯢⮠烉䚜⼹26.4⍀䰛
⑩䚠㤝Ἓ炻㚱ṃ姙堐朊䢐㎵炻䳘⽖䘬⇖䕽⍲炻䠿嵛㚱⽖⮷
䘬⇣䕽ˤṵ湷㚱冲㧁䰌ˤ
George Pantages Page (1917-1988) 㓞啷炻㴟㰫⽟炻伶⚳≈
ⶆˤ伶⚳㜙Ⱡ䥩Ṣ㓞啷ˤ
㔯䌣㭼庫烉ᶨᾳ䚠Ụ䘬”⨂䠿”炻夳∱列ỹ叿˪ᷕ⚳㬟ẋ昞䒟
揹岆˫炻⎘⊿炻1991⸜炻䫔271枩ˤ⎎ᶨẞ⎗⍫侫⼸㷾⸛叿˪
ᷕ⚳㶭ẋ⭀䨹䒟☐˫炻ᶲ㴟炻2003⸜炻䫔384枩ˤ
栆Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ䚠Ụ姕妰䘬忻⃱⸜攻”⨂䠿”炻夳恎㿂㕗˪ᷕ
⚳喅埻⑩˫炻2013⸜11㚰7㖍炻ΐ㔎炻䫔185嘇ˤ
EstimateġEUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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