A FINELY ENAMELLED FAMILLE-ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'FLORAL' BOWL SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly enamelled around the exterior with an undulating leafy composite floral scroll, all reserved on a rich bright yellow ground, the interior with the wufu in iron-red, the base with an underglaze blue six-character seal mark

There is a short hairline to the rim, of approximately 1.2cm. There is occasional fine glaze crackles to the yellow enamels, mostly around area above the foot. Otherwise the condition is good.
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Brightly enamelled with a bold and intricate design of flowers, the present bowl belongs to a group of wares that continued in the Qianlong tradition. A closely related Jiaqing bowl in the Qing Court collection, and still in Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Design, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 181; another, from the British Rail Pension Fund, was sold in these rooms, 16^th May 1989, lot 83; and a third example was sold in our London rooms, 14^th May 2008, lot 718.

For the Qianlong prototype of this bowl, see one published in Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 485.