286. A FAMILLE ROSE ‘RICE CULTIVATION’ BOWL, Daoguang Mark and of the period (1821-1850).

Diam.: 17 cm

With rounded sides supported on a straight foot ring, rising to a flared rim of foliate outline, finely painted in bright enamels around the exterior with two scenes of rice cultivation and two scenes sericulture taken from the Gengzhi tu (Pictures of Tilling and Weaving), each alternating with a verse describing the activity, the rim gilt.

Provenance:
Collection of Georg Weishaupt (1906-2004), Berlin (by repute)

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