A reserve-decorated coral-ground bowl, Daoguang seal mark and of the period (1821-1850). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014.

The bowl is potted with deep rounded sides, raised on a short foot. The exterior is decorated with peony and lotus blossoms encircled by leafy tendrils, reserved on a coral ground. 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate £8,000 – £12,000 ($13,448 - $20,172)

Provenance: Christie's New York, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1792.
Christie's, New York, 4 June 1987, lot 313.
The Gerald M. Greenwald Collection, amassed since the 1980s, no. 69.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 69.

Notes: An earlier bowl with Qianlong mark and of the period (1736-1795) also with this design is in the Percival David Collection at the British Museum, illustrated by Margaret Medley, Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 94. A Daoguang example is illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989 ed., p. 273, no. 282. Also see a pair of similarly decorated bowls from the E.T. Chow Collection sold at Christie's London, 12 November 2002, lot 62.

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