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A fine famille rose blue-sgraffiato-ground 'medallion' bowl Daoguang seal mark and of the period image 1
A fine famille rose blue-sgraffiato-ground 'medallion' bowl Daoguang seal mark and of the period image 2
A fine famille rose blue-sgraffiato-ground 'medallion' bowl Daoguang seal mark and of the period image 3
Lot 132

A fine famille rose blue-sgraffiato-ground 'medallion' bowl
Daoguang seal mark and of the period

16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £40,062.50 inc. premium

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A fine famille rose blue-sgraffiato-ground 'medallion' bowl

Daoguang seal mark and of the period
Delicately enamelled around the exterior with four medallions, one of the weaver girl, one of the cowherd, alternating with two landscapes, each within gilt borders and separated by clouds, all reserved on a blue engraved ground incised with feathery scroll, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a medallion of the weaver girl and cowherd standing on a bridge of magpies amidst wispy clouds in the well. 14.5cm (5 3/4in) diam.

Footnotes

清道光 藍地軋道粉彩開光鵲橋仙渡圖盌
青花「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time, this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent.

來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。

A very similar famille rose blue-ground bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period, is illustrated in Encompassing Precious Beauty: The Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 2016, pp.216-217, no.84.

Compare with a similar bowl, Daoguang seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 7 November 2016, lot 291.

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