A RARE 'FAMILLE-ROSE' '60TH BIRTHDAY' MEDALLION BOWL JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the deep bowl with curved sides rising to a flared rim, finely painted on the exterior with four gilt medallions, each enclosing a character Jia zi Wan Shou ('For a 60th Birthday Celebration'), against a colorful ground of dense lotus blooms atop leaves and emitting pods, scrolling leaves and further lotus blooms, picked out in pink, green yellow and blue enamels, the motif complete with a chime and halberd, below a ruyi-head band at the rim, above a lappet border at the foot, the interior with five iron-red wufu encircling a shou medallion, the seal mark in iron-red on the base

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 24th November 1981, lot 298.

Ther is a 2 1/2 inch hairline visible on the exterior of the bowl to the right hand of the 'zi' character which extends from underneath the enamel of the rim into the body. There is a tiny pin prick iron impurity to the right of the 'wan' character. There is very very light overall wear to the enamel and gilding and the colour of the glaze is less white than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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Though this design is rare, another bowl also with a Jiaqing seal mark in iron-red, of slightly smaller size (diameter 5 5/8 inches) was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th November 2007, lot 1763.