A rare doucai 'Anbaxian' ogee bowl


Qianlong seal mark and of the periodExquisitely decorated in the interior with a swirled roundel enclosed by interlinked scrolls issuing alternating leafy peaches and floral blooms, surrounded by the anbaxian emblems adorned with long billowing ribbons, the exterior densely decorated with stylised floral blossoms wreathed by undulating leafy scrolls above a band of ruyi-heads and upright lappets bordering the foot. 20cm (7 7/8in) diam.
|清乾隆 鬪彩八仙鴻寶束腰盤青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款Provenance: According to family history, which is supported by family records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time, this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent assisting in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion on behalf of the Imperial Court, as one of the Eight Allied Powers.來源： 據家族歷史記錄，1900年義和團運動期間，藏家作為英國隨軍外交官得此拍品於北京。其時，八國聯軍之一的英軍分遣隊由准將阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利帶領，受清廷委託平息拳亂，藏家亦隨行軍中。Compare with a similar bowl in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, no.106.