A pair of famille-rose bowls, Shendetang marks, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

each of wide rounded form with lipped rim, decorated on the exterior with a scene of a pair of ducks swimming in a lotus pool with flowers and foliage rising from the water, the base inscribed in iron-red with a four-character mark
(2)
14 cm diameter

• Lot Sold $7,000 (Hammer Price)
• $8,540 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Weishaupt Collection, Berlin
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998, lot 350
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28 October 2008, lot 248
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Literature

Gunhild Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure: Chinese Porcelain from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, Bamboo Publishing, England, 1987, no. 64 (illustrated)

Condition Report

One bowl with a small restoration to the rim edge approx 0.8 cm and a minor frit approx 0.2 cm to rim edge. Otherwise generally good condition.

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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