A Pair Of 'Famille-Rose' Bowls, Shendetang Mark, Daoguang Period

each of rounded form with everted rim, decorated on the exterior with a continuous scene of ducks and lotus in a pond, iron-red mark. 14cm - Estimate 8,000—10,000 AUD

PROVENANCE: Formerly in the Weishaupt Collection, illustrated by Gunhild Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure, no. 64

Sold Sotheby's Amsterdam 12 May 1998, lot 350

Sotheby's. The Connoisseur's Spring Collection, Including the Private Collection of Colin Lennox and Tom Gillies, John Stephens and The Late John Klinger. 28 Oct 08. Melbourne. www.sotheby's.com - photo courtesy Sotheby's