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A yellow-ground 'famille-rose' sgraffiato bowl seal mark and…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
29-Oct-2013
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Description:
A yellow-ground 'famille-rose' sgraffiato bowl seal mark and period of Qianlong well potted with steeply rounded sides and flared rim, the exterior finely decorated with two detached composite flowering sprays, each with scrolling foliate stems, one bearing a large hibiscus bloom and various smaller flowers, the other a peony with smaller flowers, painted in coloured enamels on the pale lemon-yellow ground finely engraved with dense sgraffiato scrollwork, the rim edged in gilding, the interior and base glazed in white, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue, wood stand and box (2) 18.5 cm. Provenance: Helen Ling, Singapore, September 1963
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Category:
Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese