A 'famille-rose' 'auspicious emblems' bowl
seal mark of Daoguang
Estimate $3,500 – $4,500
with widely rounded sides springing from a high slightly tapering foot and rising to a lipped rim, the exterior decorated with a parade of alternating twin fish, lotus flowers and chimes, interspersed with tassles pendant from a border of pink diaper and stylised lotus, the foot encircled with a frieze of lotus sprays and florettes, the interior and base glazed in turquoise, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark
20 cm diameter
- Lot Sold $5,000 (Hammer Price)
- $6,100 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Condition Report
Two dark bubble pits on the interior and wear to the surface of the turquoise glaze on the lower part of the interior. Otherwise good conditon.
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