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

well potted with curved sides rising from a slightly tapering foot to a flaring rim, the interior painted with five bats in shaded tones of coral red, the exterior densely painted with western-style lotus, hollyhock, anemone, lily, carnation, and citron flower, all borne on stylised leafy scrolls with further florets reserved on a bright yellow ground, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16^th May 1977, lot 223.

The overall condition is very good, except for some minor surface scratches and stained burst air bubbles. Most of the enamelling is well preserved.
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A closely related example in the Baur Collection, Geneva, is illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. 338; another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is included in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 163; and a third example from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is published in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, pls 238-39. See also a bowl sold in our London rooms, 1^st April 1974, lot 356, and again in these rooms, 16^th May 1989, lot 84, from the British Rail Pension Fund; and another sold in these rooms, 8^th October 2006, lot 1131.

For the Kangxi original of this design, compare a bowl with a Kangxi yuzhi mark in blue enamel in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Fine Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty. Kang-hsi Period, Hong Kong, 1967, pl. 2.

Compare with a pair of similar bowls in the sale, lot 3075.