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A RARE DOUCAI ‘ANBAXIAN’ OGEE BOWL Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family
Qianlong seal mark and of the period records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time,
Exquisitely decorated in the interior with a swirled roundel enclosed by this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
interlinked scrolls issuing alternating leafy peaches and floral blooms, time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of
surrounded by the anbaxian emblems adorned with long billowing Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent
ribbons, the exterior densely decorated with stylised floral blossoms assisting in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion on behalf of the Imperial
wreathed by undulating leafy scrolls above a band of ruyi-heads and Court, as one of the Eight Allied Powers.
upright lappets bordering the foot.
20cm (7 7/8in) diam. 來源：
據家族歷史記錄，1900年庚子拳亂期間，藏家作為英國隨軍外交官得
£10,000 - 15,000 此拍品於北京。其時，八國聯軍之一的英軍分遣隊由准將阿爾弗雷德·
CNY91,000 - 140,000 蓋斯利帶領，受清廷委託平息拳亂，藏家亦隨行軍中。

Compare with a similar bowl in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Qing
清乾隆 鬪彩八仙鴻寶束腰盤 Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns,
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Hong Kong, 1995, no.106.

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