RARE IRON-RED DECORATED 'TEA POEM' BOWL AND COVER JIAQING SE...

Hammer

£2,600

RARE IRON-RED DECORATED 'TEA POEM' BOWL AND COVER
JIAQING SEAL MARK, 19th CENTURY
the interior central medallion finely painted with gnarled branches of finger citron, pine and plum blossoms, within a ruyi-head border, the inner rim with similar band, the exterior inscribed with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor within two further ruyi bands

PROVENANCE: Private collection

NOTE: For similar tea poem bowl see: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney - gift from the J H Myrtle Collection 2001, 337.2001. see also: Christie's New York,  Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art part I, 18th Mar 2016, lot 1629

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Small chip to upper rim of cover and the foot rim of the bowl. Further minor nicks to the rim of the bowl. Light rubbing in places. Good overall appearance.