A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BARBERS BOWL, QING DYN...

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£1,000 - £1,500

A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BARBERS BOWL, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD (1722-35). Decorated with figural scene featuring a scholar seated on a mat beside a table with a censer and potted plants under a willow tree with attendant. 31cm wide.

Ref: For a similar bowl see V&A Museum accession no. CIRC.42-1932. Made in the kilns of Jingdezhen in southern China in about 1720-1740, at a time when large quantities of mass-produced porcelain were shipped to the European markets by state companies and private merchants. By this time, the potters in Jingdezhen already mastered the use of pink enamel, which had been introduced in the colour palette for decorating porcelain, glass and metals a decade earlier. Due to the predominance of pink, this kind of porcelain was called famille rose by European collectors of the mid 1800s.

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Crack through one side of the bowl with notable surface wear throughout.