Lot 320
CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER' BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 礬紅彩「翻書能見古人心」、墨彩「蝶戀華」及「務齋清玩」底款 粉彩蝶戀花折沿碗
painted with butterflies and flowers on the exterior below a key fret band, the base inscribed with a seven-character ‘fanshu nengjian gurenxin’ (by turning the pages of a book, one can glimpse the hearts of the ancients) mark in a panel in iron-red, a three-character ‘die lian hua’ (the butterfly’s love for the blossom) mark and a four-character ‘Wuzhai Qingwan’ (For the pure amusement of the Studio of Effort) hall mark in grisaille, and a seal mark in iron-red
Dimensions
11.8cm diameter
Footnote
Compare to two dishes with the same collector's signature/ hall mark from the Grandidier collection of Chinese ceramics from the National Museum of Asian Arts – Guimet, both dated to the Ming dynasty, Hongwu period, with enamelled decorations added in the Qing dyansty, Qianlong period. One dish with a poem ‘lin qingliu er fu shi’ (I compose a poem on the edge of a clear stream), further with the same collector's signature ‘Wuzhai Qingwan’, a seal of ‘Er you tang’ (Eryou Pavilion), accession no. G 930; Another dish with a two-column poem: ‘I cross my legs whistling, the air around me exhales exotic perfumes’, and similar collector's signature ‘Wuzhai zhi’ (Made for the Studio of Effort), accession no. G 929.