74 - A fine Chinese ruby-ground sgraffiato 'medallion' bowl, Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period 清道光 胭脂紅地軋道開光粉彩花卉紋盌《大清道光年製》款 | Santos Collection Delicately potted with curved sides rising from a short foot to a gently everted rim, the exterior with a quartet of circular panels enclosing leafy stems sprouting peonies and ripe pomegranates and peaches, all against a ruby sgraffiato ground decorated with stylised lotus blossoms borne from scrolling vines, the interior with an eight-pronged spearhead motif centered with a foliate roundel and highlighted with gilt, the base with a six-character Daoguang seal mark in underglaze-blue Size:(14.3cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Santos collection 來源： 桑托斯收藏 Notes: See a comparable bowl sold at Christie's New York, 23 Mar 2012, lot 2125; another in the same rooms, 19 Sep 2014, lot 879; and at Christie's London, 20 Feb 2020, lot 5. A pair of these bowls from the Edward T. Chow collection were sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1981, lot 595, and 28th April 1998, lot 841. Also see a Daoguang-marked example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in 'The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration', Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 216; and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, published in Suzanne G. Valenstein, 'A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics', New York, 1989, pl. 281; another bowl from the collection of Simon Kwan, which was included in the exhibition 'Joined Colors', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1993, cat. no. 58. 同類碗可參見： 紐約佳士得，2012年3月23日，編號2125； 同拍場，2014年9月19日，編號879； 倫敦佳士得，2020年2月20日，編號5。 仇焱之舊藏一對同類碗，先後售於香港蘇富比，1981年5月19日，編號595，以及1998年4月28日，編號841。 清道光款例，可參見北京故宮博物院珍藏，載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：琺瑯彩·粉彩》，香港，1999年，圖版216； 紐約大都會藝術博物館珍藏另一例，載於蘇珊·瓦倫斯坦著，《中國陶瓷手冊》，紐約，1989年，圖版281； 關善明舊藏另一碗，曾展出於《合色：關善明珍藏中國歷代單色釉瓷器展》，史密森尼學會阿瑟·M·薩克勒美術館，華盛頓特區，1993年，圖錄編號58。