Two small blue and white bowls Daoguang marks and period

each with hexalobed sides forming corresponding ribs on the interior, curving to an undulating rim, the interior decorated in underglaze-blue with a central medallion enclosing a lingzhi fungus spray, the exterior with further lingzhi sprays on each facet, between a double-cross-hatched collar at the rim and upright lappets encircling the short foot (2)

Sotheby's New York, 30th May 1990, lot 175.

The bowls are each in good condition. The raised 'ribs' to the interior of the bowl decorated in the brighter-blue is more pronounced than on the other bowl. The painting on the two bowls are slightly different. The bowl with the darker, less bright blue, has very minor areas of fritting on the rim, barely visible.
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A Daoguang bowl of the same size and pattern from the Simon Kwan Collection was included in the Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Chinese University Hong Kong, 1983, cat.no. 12, and one with a Jiaqing mark in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum is illustrated in Keitokuchin Jiji, pl. 55 (bottom left). A pair was sold in these rooms, 7th December 1983, lot 355.