| Fine pair of famille rose eight Buddhist (bajixiang) bowls in an octagonal shape, each bowl depicting the eight Buddhist emblems in multi-colored enamesl, a border of fretwork around the gilt mouth, a border of lappets around the foot, each base with a six character Qianlong mark in overglaze red. Guangxu. 5 1/2 in. diam.
Condition: Perfect. No cracks, chips, hairlines or other damages. Some loss of gilt on the mouth rim as shown in photographs.
Provenance: Wooster, Massachusetts collection
A pair of bajixiang bowls each with the eight Buddhist emblems from the Guangxu period are now very rare to the US market. |
