A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND MEDALLION BOWLS

£8,000 - £12,000

£21,420

A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND MEDALLION BOWLS
SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50

Each decorated to the exterior with four gilt-bordered roundels enclosing flowering sprays including peonies, peaches, hollyhocks and pomegranates, divided by stylised lotus scrolls reserved on a ruby sgraffiato ground, the interior painted with a flower basket encircled by four fruiting flower branches with lingzhi and auspicious emblems in underglaze blue, 14.8cm. (2)

Cf. Recent Acquisitions 2010, Marchant, London, p.104, no.58, for a Daoguang ruby-ground bowl of this design.

Provenance: From the private collection of a European nobleman, who was a Consul in China from 1907-1931.

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來源：歐洲貴族私人收藏，曾為駐中國領事（1907-1931）。