A doucai 'Eight Daoist Emblems' ogee dish, Seal mark and period of Daoguang

Collection of Johan Frans Björk (1821-1876), acquired in China circa 1872-1875.

A similar ogee dish bearing a Daoguang mark is illustrated by Peter Lam in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 33. Compare also a related Qianlong example included by Marchant in Recent Acquisitions, Marchant, London, 2008, cat. no. 40, and another in Recent Acquisitions, Marchant, London, 2010, cat. no. 41; a Qianlong pair was exhibited in Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, Marchant, London, 1996, cat. no. 42; while a Jiaqing example was published in Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, Marchant, London, 1981, cat. no. 53.