A famille-rose 'balsam pear' bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 粉彩過枝癩瓜紋盌 《大清乾隆年製》款

A pair of bowls of this type, from the Sir Percival David Collection and now in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in Catalogue of Ch’ing Enamelled Wares, London, 1958, pl. 897; a bowl in the Musée Guimet, Paris, is published in Oriental Ceramics. The World Great Collections, vol. 7, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 91; another, in the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, is published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 660; and a further pair of bowls, from the Alfred Beit Foundation, was sold in these rooms, 6th November 2013, lot 78.