Lot 301

CHINESE DOUCAI 'DOUBLE LOTUS' BOWL
DAOGUANG MARK






Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
道光款 鬥彩並頭蓮紋碗
the exterior finely painted in underglaze blue with delicate outlines and brightly enamelled in vivid iron-red, yellow and green with three meanders of double-headed lotus issuing from foliate scrolls bordered by fine lines of underglaze blue, the base inscribed with a six-character Daoguang mark in underglaze blue
Dimensions
12.3cm diameter
Footnote
The motif of twin lotus flowers on one stalk provides the rebus for bingdi tongxin 並蒂同心, 'May you have a harmonious marriage and share the same ideas'. In the horticulturalist Chen Haozi's 陳淏子 (1612-?) book, The Flower Mirror (Hua jing 花鏡), he wrote that 'both among red and white flowers, there are those with one stem and two flowers'. Compare to a double 'double lotus' bowl, seal mark and period of Daoguang, sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 September 2022, lot 220.
並頭蓮又稱並蒂蓮,代表並蒂同心,有男女好合或夫妻恩愛的美好寓意。清人陳淏子《花境·荷花》云:「並頭蓮,紅白具有,一幹兩花」。參一例清道光款及年代鬥彩折枝並蒂蓮紋盌,2022年9月21日售於紐約蘇富比,拍品220。





