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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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A PAIR OF IMPERIAL ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ LANTERN BOWLS A pair of slightly larger examples were sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong,
Shendetang zhi marks in iron red, Daoguang Period 30 November 2016, lot 3332.
Each raised on a short foot banded in gilt and decorated with the
‘Lanterns of Abundance’ fengdeng reserved in four medallions on a Other examples with colored grounds can be found in various
fronted lotus and foliate tendril ground. publications, see Min Chiu Society exhibition, Splendour of the
2 3/4in (7cm) high; 6 15/16in (17.6cm) diameter (2). Qing Dynasty, 1992, p. 327, no. 194; another from the Weishaupt
Collection, From the Dragon’s Throne, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk,
$20,000 - 30,000 Frankfurt am Main, 1987, p. 41, no. 38; another from the S.K. Kwan
Collection was included in the exhibition, Joined Colors, Arthur M.
清道光 粉彩五穀豐登圖盌一對 《慎德堂製》款 Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1993,
pl. 507; and a further example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
As noted by Terese Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New
Art,The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2006, p. 240, lanterns York, 1989, rev. ed., pl. 281.
(donglong) are a central focus of celebrations, and fengdeng is a pun
for peace. Together with lotus blossom, he, a symbol of harmony, the
meaning is reinforced. Here the lanterns are shown in the form of ritual
vessels together with scholars objects, with the many potted grains
symbolizing the five grains’ wugu or all the grains of China.

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