Smith & Singer
Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
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PROPERTY OF A SYDNEY COLLECTOR

A YELLOW-GROUND 'FAMILLE-ROSE' BOWL SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG

Estimate $10,000 – $15,000

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PROPERTY OF A SYDNEY COLLECTOR

with rounded sides rising from a slightly tapering foot to the gently flared rim, densely painted on the exterior with a composite floral scroll of peony, lotus, lilly and hibiscus on entwined stems bearing foliage and buds, all reserved on the rich lemon-yellow ground, the interior painted in iron-red with five bats in flight around the centre, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
18.5CM

  • Lot Sold $22,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $26,840 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Christie's South Kensington, 26 November 1998, lot 526

Show Catalogue Notes

Catalogue Notes

Compare with a bowl illustrated by John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol.2, Geneva 1999, pl.338; one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, published in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol.2, Tokyo, 1982, pl.163; and another from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, included in Sekai toji zenshu, vol.15, pl. 238-39.
See also a bowl from the British Rail Pension Fund, sold Sotheby's London, 16 May 1989, lot 84; another sold Sotheby's London, 9 November 2011, lot 472; a pair of bowls sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 October 2011, lot 2069; and another pair sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3075

Condition Report

An area of restoration around the rim inside and out extending approx 7.5cm which has discoloured to a yellowish tone on the interior. Otherwise good condition

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0782  |  29 Oct 2013  |  Melbourne
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