A famille-rose 'Balsam pear' teabowl and cover,
seal mark and period of Daoguang

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION NEW SOUTH WALES

with steeply rounded sides flaring to the lipped rim, finely enamelled to the exterior with fruiting and flowering kugua vines entwined around a spray of leafy bamboo and with a hovering butterfly above, the stems extending over the rim onto the interior, the matching shallow domed cover with raised circular knop doubling as a foot when inverted, similarly painted on the exterior and interior, the base of the bowl and the interior of the knop inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

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11.2 cm diameter

• Lot Sold $28,000 (Hammer Price)
• $34,160 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Hugh Moss Ltd., London, 1 April 1977

A bowl and cover of this pattern dated to the Daoguang period, sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 5 October 2016, lot 3673

Condition Report

The bowl with a small rim chip approx 0.4 cm and a rim frit approx 0.2cm. The cover with a fine hair crack from the rim approx 0.8 cm long. Some slight surface wear.

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CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists
	Guy Cairnduff Head Arts & Design Melbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Guy Cairnduff		Geoffrey Smith Chairman Australian & International Art Melbourne  |  Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith
	Ann Roberts Specialist Consultant, Asian Art Arts & Design Melbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts		Anthony Hurl Specialist Consultant Arts & Design Adelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hur
	Brett Ballard Senior Specialist Australian & International Art Sydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard		Fiona Hayward Senior Specialist Australian & International Art Melbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Fiona Hayward