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A Canton famille rose 'Rockefeller-pattern' bowl, Qing dynasty, ca 1800.

Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
962 - 1 440 EUR
1 110 - 1 660 USD
Hammer price
12 500 SEK
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Canton famille rose 'Rockefeller-pattern' bowl, Qing dynasty, ca 1800.

Measurements 25,5x24,5 cm.

Minor chip.

Provenance

This service, which is unusual in that each piece is enamelled with a different central scene, was known as 'Palace ware' in the early twentieth century, and more recently as 'Rockefeller-pattern' after Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who possessed a particularly fine and complete service.

Literature

Lloyd-Hyde, J.A. Oriental Lowestoft, Newport, 1964, pl IX no 16.
Howard and Ayers; China for the West, vol I, 1978.
Pieces from the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Collection are illustrated here.