A DOUCAI OGEE-FORM 'EIGHT DAOIST EMBLEMS' BOWL JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the flaring sides resting on a straight foot, brightly enameled with eight stylized blossoms borne on sprays of leafy vines above a ruyi-head border, the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' evenly spaced around the cavetto between underglaze-blue line borders, the center with a lobed medallion of green interlocking scrolls, enclosing formalized lotus blossoms and peaches centering an abstract flowerhead, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm
Provenance:
Bluett & Sons, London, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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the flaring sides resting on a straight foot, brightly enameled with eight stylized blossoms borne on sprays of leafy vines above a ruyi-head border, the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' evenly spaced around the cavetto between underglaze-blue line borders, the center with a lobed medallion of green interlocking scrolls, enclosing formalized lotus blossoms and peaches centering an abstract flowerhead, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm
Provenance:
Bluett & Sons, London, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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