A Famille Rose ´Bitter Melon Vine´ Bowl with Cover
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2020-12-09
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| Sold for | 140000 SEK |
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| Estimate | 50 000-60 000 SEK |
A FAMILLE ROSE ´BITTER MELON VINE´ BOWL WITH COVER, the bowl is finely enamelled with a fruiting and flowering bitter melon vine, and bamboo, which continue over the slightly everted rim into the interior, the ripe gourds bursting open to expose the seeds. Two pink butterflies flutter around the vine on the interior and exterior. The cover similarly decorated, with the underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark repeated in the interior of the finial, Daoguang mark and of the period (1821-1850), diameter c. 11 cm
PROVENANCE:
From a private Swedish collection, purchased during the early 20th century.
