A pair of famille-rose 'balsam pear' bowls, Seal marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 粉彩過枝癩瓜紋盌一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

A pair of bowls of this type, from the Sir Percival David collection and now in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in Catalogue of Ch’ing Enamelled Wares, London, 1958, pl. 897; a bowl in the Musée Guimet, Paris, is published in Oriental Ceramics. The World Great Collections, vol. 7, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 91; another is published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 660; and a further pair of bowls, from the Alfred Beit Foundation, was sold in our London rooms, 6th November 2013, lot 78. See also an example from the collection of Malcolm Mackintosh, sold in these rooms, 10th July 2020, lot 3117.