A blue and white 'Shou' bowl, Qing dynasty, mark and period of Qianlong (1736-95).
Deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, painted around the exterior with four large shou medallions divided by scrolling lotus and the bajixiang, the interior with a medallion eclosing a shou character encircled by the bajixiang. Diameter 18,3 cm.
Cracks, chips.
Provenance
The Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939). The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo, from 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing. Thence by descent.
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