A pair of blue and white 'Eight Trigrams' bowls Guangxu six-character marks and of the period
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A pair of blue and white 'Eight Trigrams' bowls
Guangxu six-character marks and of the period
Each bowl painted on the exterior with the bagua in circles between cranes alternating with cloud scrolls; the interior with four crests of waves around a wheel motif in the central medallion. Each 13.5cm (5¼in) diam. (2).
Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: a British private collection

    Compare a similar single bowl in the Nanjing Museum illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.493.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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