The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023

Lot 1230

A CHINESE 'BARAGON TUMED' DISH

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £2520

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Description

A CHINESE 'BARAGON TUMED' DISH
DAOGUANG 1821-50

Colourfully painted to the well with the Seven Regal Treasures, (the wheel of the law, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the Queen, the Minister and the General), all between bands of shou characters and Buddhist emblems, set upon stylized waves and lotus blossoms, the interior with a single lotus blossom; the base painted in iron-red with the two-character Mongolian name of the prince of the Tumed banner, 23.5cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. S Jennings, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.CXII for another bowl from the same service. The service was made for the daughter of the Daoguang Emperor, who married a Mongolian prince of the Tumed banner.