A pair of famille rose 'Baragon Tumed' small bowls Circa 1842, iron-red two-character mark in Mongolian script
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A pair of famille rose 'Baragon Tumed' small bowls
Daoguang, iron-red two-character mark
Typically enamelled around the exterior with seven upright leaf-shaped cartouches of mythical dignitaries, a horse, an elephant and Buddhist emblems, the centre of the interior with a lotus roundel, box.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) diam. (3).
Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: George Weishaupt, sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 16 October 1995, lot 189

    See Footnote to lot 260, where the Imperial origin of this unique service is discussed.

    Illustrated: G.Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no.54

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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