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A RARE FAMILLE-ROSE SHELL-SHAPED INK
PALETTE
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
well modeled as a flattened conch shell with stepped layers
depicting the spiraled cone shape, the exterior textured
with raised dots under a pale turquoise-green enamel, the
opening of the shell formed as the sunken well painted in
shades of iron red, the rim gilt, the white-glazed base with
a recessed square enclosing a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue
Width 3⅜ in., 8.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25th April 2004, lot 59 (one of a pair).
Bonhams Hong Kong, 24th November 2012, lot 536.
Compare a closely related famille-rose ink palette of this rare
form, first sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th April 2001, lot
757, and later in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April 2001, lot
3089. See also a Qianlong example sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 27th and 28th October 1992, lot 148.
⊖ $ 10,000-15,000

清嘉慶 粉彩寶螺形筆掭
《大清嘉慶年製》款 165

來源
香港蘇富比2004年4月25日，編號59（一對之一）
香港邦瀚斯2012年11月24日，編號536

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A PINK-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE SGRAFFIATO 166
‘MEDALLION’ BOWL A PAIR OF TURQUOISE GROUND FAMILLE-
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD ROSE ‘SHOU’ CUPS
well potted with the deep rounded sides rising from a TONGZHI MARKS AND PERIOD
slightly tapered foot to a lipped rim, the exterior with four
circular panels enclosing flowering plants divided by stylized each brightly enameled around the exterior with four gilt
polychrome lotus sprays, all reserved against a pastel-pink shou characters and bats divided by leafy lotus strapwork,
ground densely incised with scrolling vines, the interior all reserved on a rich turquoise ground and between a ruyi
painted in underglaze blue with a central medallion enclosing band at the rim and a lotus-lappet band above the foot, the
a rabbit in a landscape, surrounded by four detached flower interior and base glazed white, each base inscribed with a
sprays around the cavetto, the base with a six-character seal four-character mark in iron red (2)
mark in underglaze blue Diameter 3¼ in., 8.2 cm
Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm
⊖ $ 5,000-6,000
⊖ $ 5,000-7,000
清同治 粉彩松石綠地福壽紋盃一對 166
清道光 粉地軋道粉彩開光花卉圖盌 《同治年製》款
《大清道光年製》款

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