A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BLUE-SGRAFFIATO-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWL

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BLUE-SGRAFFIATO-GROUND 'MEDALLION' BOWL, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIOD (1821-1850)

painted to the exterior with four gilt lined medallions, one of a boy on a buffalo surrounded by clouds and magpies, one of Zhi Nu similarly surrounded, one of figures in a garden pavilion, the last of figures beside an outdoor altar, the blue ground incised with feathery scrolls around multi-coloured clouds, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a double lined medallion of the weaver girl and cowherd standing on a bridge of magpies, the well with scattered clouds and birds, underglaze blue seal mark, with box

14.8cm diameter

Provenance: The K.A. Johnson-Hill Collection, Hong Kong

For similar bowls see: Bonham's, London, 16 May 2019, lot 132; one from the Ohlmer Collection at the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, illustrated in the Ohmer collection catalogue, No.139; and one illustrated in 'Encompassing Precious Beauty: The Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics', Hong Kong, 2016, pp.216-217, no.84.