Property from a San Francisco Gentleman
A blue and white porcelain bowl with famille rose enameled lotus decoration
Guangxu mark and period
Its flared rim carefully molded with a raised ridge around the exterior walls painted in famille rose enamels with sgraffito accents on the lotus plants rising from waves while the wide, curving well displays a lotus flower and leaf scroll band around a central roundel of lotus leaves and lotus pod rendered in shades of underglaze cobalt, the recessed base displaying the six-character mark in underglaze blue regular script.
6in (15cm) diameter
Its flared rim carefully molded with a raised ridge around the exterior walls painted in famille rose enamels with sgraffito accents on the lotus plants rising from waves while the wide, curving well displays a lotus flower and leaf scroll band around a central roundel of lotus leaves and lotus pod rendered in shades of underglaze cobalt, the recessed base displaying the six-character mark in underglaze blue regular script.
6in (15cm) diameter
Sold for
US$ 7,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
acquired in Denver in the 1970s
Category: Asian Art
Auction terms and conditions
Contacts
Angela Lee
Bonhams
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220 San Bruno Avenue
San Francisco,
94103
United States
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+1 415 503 3358
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Asian Art