CORAL GROUND PORCELAIN 'SHOU' BOWL, China, dated 1907

With a coral red ground, it is decorated throughout with gilded Shou symbols, the decoration is enclosed by two blue bands, one near the ruyi-shaped rim and one above the foot; in the centre of the base it bears the six-character iron red mark of the Emperor Guangxu.

Provenance Private collection, Italy

Catalogue notes: For an identical, but smaller, Guangxu mark and period bowl see the example from the Qing Court Collection at the Palace Museum in Beijing illustrated in 'The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum Miscellaneous Enamelled Plain Tricoloured Porcelains', Hong Kong, 2009, p. 218, pl. 176. See also in the same book the saucer also from the Qing Court Collection p. 219, pl. 177.