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A coral-ground reserve-decorated 'bamboo' bowl Daoguang seal mark and of the period image 1
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Lot 339

A coral-ground reserve-decorated 'bamboo' bowl
Daoguang seal mark and of the period

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,500 - £4,500

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A coral-ground reserve-decorated 'bamboo' bowl

Daoguang seal mark and of the period
The steep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, the exterior with stalks of bamboo issuing slender, pointed leaves, reserved on a rich coral-red ground, the reign mark in underglaze blue on the base.
18.1cm (7in) diam.

Footnotes

The striking design of the bamboo in reserve against a coral ground was used as early as the Yongzheng period. See a Qianlong mark and period example in the Wang Xing Lou Collection, illustrated in Imperial Perfection. The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Hong Kong, 2004, Catalogue no.38, where it is noted that the design continued to be used during the late Qing period. See a Daoguang mark and period example (8.2cm diam.) with the same flaring rim G.Avitabile, Vom Schatz der Drachen. From the Dragon's Treasure, Weishaupt, 1987, p.60, fig.74.

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