A Famille Rose yellow-ground bowl, Daoguang seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013

With deep, slightly flaring sides, enameled on the exterior with a dense profusion of foliage interspersed with large exotic flowers, the interior decorated in iron red with five bats (wufu) in flight; 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00

Note: Yellow-ground famille rose bowls with this pattern on the exterior, and five iron-red bats on the interior appear to have developed during the Qianlong reign. A Qianlong-marked example in the British Museum is illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 6. A Jiaqing-marked example from the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonn Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 181, no. 205, where it is noted that a large quantity of these yellow-ground bowls were made as early as the second year of the Qianlong reign.

Daoguang-marked bowls of this pattern were made in two sizes. An example of the smaller size (6 in.) is a pair sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2892, and an example of the larger size (7 in.) is a pair sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3655. See, also, the similar bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 163, and another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, 1986, no. 106. 

A Daoguang-marked bowl of similar size sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1315. 

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