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THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH FAMILY 英國家族藏品
Lots 144-145
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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-GROUND BOWL
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
The rounded sides supported on a straight foot, the exterior delicately
enamelled with three yellow-ground cartouches enclosing pink peony
flowers, encircled by colourful floral sprays and foliage, all reserved on
a coral ground, the interior glazed white.
11cm (4 3/8in) diam.
£6,000 - 8,000 CNY58,000 - 77,000
HK$71,000 - 94,000
清嘉慶 珊瑚紅地粉彩開光牡丹紋盌
青花「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款
Provenance: an English private collection
來源: 英國私人收藏
Examples of a related bowls depicting flowers enclosed in cartouches
can be traced through the preceding Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong
reigns, for a Kangxi bowl see The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and
Famille Rose Decoration, Beijing, 1999, vol.39, n.2, p.4.
A similar bowl Jiaqing seal mark and of the period is included in the
Weishaupt Collection, illustrated by G.Avitabile, From the Dragon’s
Treasure, London, 1987, no. 28.
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