PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWLS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: 12 March 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 巨型廣彩描金人物花鳥紋大碗 帶木座（一對）
each richly enamelled in the interior with a continuous scene of immortals arriving at the garden pavilions of a palace paying tributes to a figure, the exterior with large panels of court scenes, detailed colourful borders inside and out, with two large fitted wooden stands (2)
Dimensions
diameters: 60.2cm & 58cm
Provenance
The property of Mrs. Margaret Duguid of Belhelvie who lived in India and Burma in the 1920s-40s, where her husband served with the Burma Rifles. Her favourite posting is a remote station on the borders of China, French Indochina and Thailand. An intrepid spirit she travelled extensively throughout the Far East.
蘇格蘭亞伯丁郡Belhelvie鎮瑪格列特·杜格夫人(Mrs. Margaret Duguid)藏品。隨夫於1920至40年代為緬甸步槍隊服役時居住在印度和緬甸。一生多遷，最鍾情於中國、法屬印度支那及泰國邊境的偏遠小鎮。憑藉著勇敢的精神，足跡遍佈遠東各地。
Footnote
Compare to massive Canton famille rose punch bowls of similar size, sold at Christie's New York, 20 Jan 2021, lot 1; Bonhams London, 10 May 2021, lot 456; and Sotheby's London, 15 December 2022, lot 230.