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A CORAL-RED GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 清十八至十九世紀 珊瑚紅地粉彩九秋同慶圖六方水盂
WATERPOT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
of hexagonal form, painted with colourful clusters of flowers
borne on dense foliage, all reserved against a rich coral-red
ground, the interior and base glazed turquoise
6.6 cm, 2⅝ in.
HK$ 50,000-100,000
US$ 6,400-12,800

The texture of the enamelling of the luxuriant floral sprays
and the quality of the coral ground on this rare vessel are
reminiscent of that on a series of coral-ground famille-rose
‘floral’ bowls, developed in the Kangxi period and created up to
the Guangxu period.
A Qianlong reign-marked example was sold in our New York
th
rooms, 15 March 2017, lot 519. See also a Jiaqing mark
and period bowl included in the Oriental Ceramic Society
exhibition Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain in the Manchu
Dynasty, London, 1951, cat. no. 199, and sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 3rd May 1994, lot 214; a Daoguang mark and period
example from the Ohlmer collection in the Roemer Museum,
Hildesheim, illustrated in Ulrich Wiesner, Chinesisches
Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, pl. 138; and a further bowl
with a Guangxu mark and of the period, in the Weishaupt
collection, published in Gunhild Avitabile, From the Dragon’s
Treasure, London, 1987, pl. 29.

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