a rare and superb pair of Canton enamel 'famille-rose' bowls with medallions Qianlong Seal Marks and Period

each with curved sides decorated on the exterior with four medallions enclosing peony and chrysanthemum sprays with lingzhi, reserved on an aubergine cell-diaper ground and separated by twin peaches on a branch with beribboned wan symbols, all above cresting waves, the central interior medallion enclosing lingzhi growing from stylized rockwork flanked by beribboned wan symbols and above further waves, the steep sides with four chrysanthemum and lingzhi sprays, all against a white ground, the straight foot accentuated with blue thorny scrollwork, the mouth and foot rim lined with copper (2)

Sotheby's New York, 21st November 1974, lot 388.

The bowls are in good overall condition with negligible dents on the foot. The enamels are intact and still vibrant. Scattered airholes throughout, very minor. One of the interior medallions with a thin scratch to the enamel, approximately 1/2 inch long.
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Enameled bowls of this form and decoration are unusual and no other similar example appears to be recorded. The decoration found on the bowls is reminiscent of porcelain medallion bowls finely painted in the famille-rose palette, although Qianlong period medallion bowls are rare and more common are those made later, during the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns. See a Jiaqing famille-rose bowl decorated with related medallions over a powder-blue ground illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration: The Complete collects ion of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 183.

Compare also the decoration found on a Qianlong mark and period painted enamel box, from the Qing Court collects ion, included in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware: The Complete collects ion of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 210.