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A YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE- Yellow-ground bowls profusely painted with A closely related Daoguang mark and period
ROSE ‘FLORAL’ BOWL owers in the famille-rose palette originated in bowl of this type in the collection of the Victoria
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND and Albert Museum is illustrated in Rose Kerr,
PERIOD the Kangxi period and continued to be produced Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911,
in the imperial kilns through the end of the Qing London, 1986, pl. 106; another, in the collection
the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to dynasty. The compositional complexity and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is included
a gently ared rim, the exterior densely wreathed choice of ora varied. The present example in Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Greatest
in curling foliate scrolls with stippled lilies, various belongs to the most ornate class of bowls of this Collections, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 163; and a
kinds of peonies, fuchsia, chrysanthemum, lotus, type. The exterior is sumptuously ornamented third is illustrated in Hugh Moss, By Imperial
dianthus, camellia, dahlia, and pomegranate with assorted owers, each type imparting a Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 8. Compare a
particular auspicious meaning. The symbolism closely related bowl sold in our London rooms,
ower, among other blooms, all against a bright continues on the interior, where the ve soaring 9th November 2011, lot 472; another sold at
yellow ground, the white interior decorated with bats (wufu) represent a wish for the owner to Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 4020;
enjoy the ‘Five Blessings’ of longevity, health, and a third sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th
ve bats in iron red, the base with a six-character wealth, love of virtue, and peaceful death. April 2008, lot 3024.
seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm

$ 50,000-70,000

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