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AN IRON-RED AND BLUE AND WHITE ‘SEA CREATURES’ A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BLUE-SGRAFFIATO-GROUND
BOWL ‘MEDALLION’ BOWLS
Qianlong seal mark and of the period Daoguang seal marks and of the period
The deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, the exterior with a Each delicately enamelled around the exterior with four medallions, one
continuous band of nine sea creatures, including winged dragon, horses of the weaver girl, one of the cowherd, alternating with two landscapes,
and carp, leaping against vivid turbulent waves in iron-red, between a each within gilt borders and separated by ruyi-clouds, all reserved on a
keyfret border at the rim and around the straight foot, the well with a blue engraved ground incised with feathery scrolls, the interior painted
winged dragon amongst iron-red waves within a central medallion. in underglaze blue with a medallion of the weaver girl and cowherd
21cm (8 1/4in) diam. standing on a bridge of magpies amidst wispy clouds in the well.
Each 15cm (5 8/9in) diam. (2).
£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 180,000 £3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
清乾隆 青花礬紅海獸紋大盌
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 清道光 粉彩藍地軋道開光鵲橋仙渡圖盌一對
青花「大清道光年製」篆書款
Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 3201
Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent
來源：香港佳士得，2015年12月2日，拍品編號3201
來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
The present lot is decorated with an unusual design of sea creatures
among waves which first appeared on blue and white Imperial A very similar famille rose blue-ground bowl, Daoguang seal mark
porcelains of the Xuande and Chenghua reigns, see a related blue and and period, is illustrated in Encompassing Precious Beauty: The
white bowl decorated with sea-animals illustrated in Porcelain of the Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong,
National Palace Museum, Blue-and-white ware of the Ming Dynasty, 2016, pp.216-217, no.84.
Book III, Taipei, 1963, pp.42-43, no.11, and enjoyed a revival in the
late Ming and Qing periods. Compare with a similar bowl, Daoguang seal mark and of the period,
which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 132.
Compare a similar iron-red and blue bowl in the Art Gallery, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain
of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, no.82.
See also a similar bowl which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 10
November 2017, lot 214.

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