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Lot #240 - A pair of 'famille-rose' bowls

  • Auction House:
    Sotheby's Australia
  • Sale Name:
    Property From The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE & Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
  • Sale Date:
    31 Mar 2015 ~ 6pm Session 1: Lots 1 - 162
    01 Apr 2015 ~ 6pm Session 2: Lots 163 - 461
  • Lot #:
    240
  • Lot Description:
    A pair of 'famille-rose' bowls
    each with steeply rounded sides painted with boys carrying various objects in a continuous garden scene with two iron-red bats in flight overhead, a floral border around the gilt rim and a blue band of key-fret on the foot, the base inscribed in iron-red with a four-character mark reading 'the qilin's footprints are a sign of prosperity', box (2)
    9 cm diameter
  • Estimate:
    A$1,500 - 2,500
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Oriental

This Sale has been held and this item is no longer available. Details are provided for information purposes only.



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