A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50

The U-shaped body flaring at the rim, painted to the exterior with stylised lotus flowerheads set amidst scrolling leafy tendrils, the blooms divided by bats and shuangxi characters, all raised on a short foot painted with simple double rings, 21.3cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from Robert Kleiner c.1997.

Cf. Christie's London, 11th May 2010, lot 223 for an identical example; see also Christie's London, 11th May 2011, lot 739 for another Daoguang bowl of this type; see also Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30th-31st May 2019, lot 432 for a pair of Daoguang mark and period bowls with this design.