Yellow 'Medallion' Bowl w/ Daoguang Mk and Period

Daoguang Period or Later

Yellow sgraffiato ground Famille Rose Medallion bowl with slightly everted rim and tapered sides, the exterior with four gilt-edged cartouches depicting scenes from the love story of Niu Lang (the Cowherd) and Zhinu (Maiden of Weaving), divided by colourful billowing clouds, all reserved on a yellow ground, the interior painted in underglaze-blue with a scene of the reunion of the couple on the bridge of magpies over the Milky Way within a double circle, accented further with magpies interspersed between billowing clouds, inscribed with a six-character Daoguang seal mark in underglaze blue.

H. 2 3/4 in., D. 5 5/8 in.

Provenance: Christie's South Kensington cataloged as Mark and... 'Possibly of the Period' to Stephen Christofer