A pair of famille rose bowls, late Qing dynasty/republic with Qianlong mark.
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Deep, decorated with four panels in enamels with flowers in a garden all against a yellow ground. The interior decorated with gourd fruit in enamels against an orange ground. Diameter 13.2 cm. Height 8.5 cm.
Wear to gilding.
Provenance
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Exhibitions
Compare with a bowl like this at The Chigaco Institute of Art, Credit Line; Bequest of Henry C. Schwab
Reference Number 1941.508. Depicted on their webiste.