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A Canton famille rose 'Rockefeller-pattern' bowl, Qing dynasty, ca 1800.

Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
891 - 1 340 EUR
910 - 1 370 USD
Hammer price
12 500 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Canton famille rose 'Rockefeller-pattern' bowl, Qing dynasty, ca 1800.

Measurements 25,5x24,5 cm.

Minor chip.

Provenance

This service, which is unusual in that each piece is enamelled with a different central scene, was known as 'Palace ware' in the early twentieth century, and more recently as 'Rockefeller-pattern' after Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who possessed a particularly fine and complete service.

Literature

Lloyd-Hyde, J.A. Oriental Lowestoft, Newport, 1964, pl IX no 16.
Howard and Ayers; China for the West, vol I, 1978.
Pieces from the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Collection are illustrated here.