Lot 70. A gold-ground famille-rose 'mille-fleurs' bowl. Qing dynasty, Daoguang Period (1821-1850). Diameter 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD. Lot sold 31,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's
the rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a slightly everted rim, painted on the interior and exterior with a profusion of flowers including lily, chrysanthemum and mallow, all reserved on a gilded ground, the underside glazed in turquoise and with a four-character Shende Tang zhi (Made for the Hall for the Cultivation of Virtue) mark in gilding.
Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th-29th April 1992, lot 191.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012
