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A FINE AND VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL
AND COVER
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The bowl is fnely enameled with three bands of
overlapping lotus petals between the green band
encircling the foot in imitation of the lotus stem
and a band of stamens at the rim. The domed cover
is painted en suite with petals overlapping leaves
below a seed pod surmounted by a gilded fnial.
4º in. (10.8 cm.) diam., box

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE:

Property from the Lai Family Collection.

Compare the very similar bowl and cover, but with
Guangxu mark, illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of
Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 August - 25
September 1983, p. 131, no. 137.

清道光 粉彩蓮瓣蓋盌 六字篆書款

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