The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023
Lot 1232
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND 'FU SHOU' BOWL
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £567
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Description
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND 'FU SHOU' BOWL
SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908
Painted in polychrome enamels with four shou characters, each encircled by five bats; in between peaches and beribboned fylfots, all on a bright yellow ground, 12.2cm.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Cf. X K Guo, Imperial Porcelain; the Palace Museum Collection of Qing Dynasty Porcelains, pp.100-101, pl.17 for a related dish with this pattern.