A CHINESE RUBY-ENAMELLED BOWL

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

The flared body rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered on the exterior with an enamel of a dark ruby colour, the base with a Daoguang mark in underglaze blue, 11.8cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Somerset, acquired in the 1970s, and thence by descent.