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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN A FINE RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE
ROSE ‘LANTERN’ MEDALLION BOWL
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DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
A YELLOW-GROUND AUBERGINE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
AND GREEN-ENAMELLED
‘DRAGON’ DISH The bowl is finely enamelled and gilt with the fengdeng,
the ‘Harvest of Abundance’, within four medallions
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN divided by floral sprays reserved on a graviata ruby
AUBERGINE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD ground. The interior is painted in underglaze blue with
(1821-1850) four be-ribboned canopied flasks, surrounding a central
medallion radiating four flowering plants alternating
The dish is finely incised and enamelled to the with insects suspending bejewelled ruyi-heads.
interior central roundel in aubergine and green 5æ in. (14.7 cm.) diam., box
with two five-clawed dragons contesting a
flaming pearl. The exterior is further decorated HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
with four cranes separated by stylised clouds, all
reserved on a rich yellow ground. PROVENANCE:
5Ω in. (14 cm.) diam., box
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 October 1991,
HK$120,000-180,000 lot 1019
US$16,000-23,000 清道光
裏青花外胭脂紅地粉彩軋道開光五榖豐登盌
清道光 黃地紫綠彩龍戲珠紋盤
紫彩六字篆書款 六字篆書款

109 (mark) 來源：
香港佳士得，1991年10月1日，拍品1019號
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