AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON' BOWL AND COVER

China, six-character Daoguang mark and of the period (1821 — 1850)

The flared body resting on a short foot rising to a gently everted rim, finely painted with bitter melon vines coiling around bamboo shoots and issuing pale yellow blossoms, foliage and fruit, with pink butterflies fluttering above, the design extending on to the interior of the bowl, the cover similarly painted, both the bowl and cover with underglaze blue six-character Daoguang seal marks.

11cm (2)

Provenance: a private collection of a deceased estate in Ireland, thence by descent to the present owner.

A bowl of the same design and period sold at Woolley and Wallis on December 7th 2020, lot 122.

PLEASE NOTE BIDDING FOR THIS LOT IS SUBJECT TO A DEPOSIT OF £2,000

清代道光年间（1821—1850年) 御制粉彩癞瓜盖碗

来源：爱尔兰已故遗产的私人收藏，现由继承人拥有。