A DOUCAI 'MEDALLION' BOWL Qianlong seal mark and of the period Finely potted with steep sides flaring to a slightly everted rim, decorated to the exterior with five circular roundels enclosing peach and flower trees, interspersed with leafy pomegranate sprays, all above a band of stylised lotus petals. 15.3cm (6in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 斗彩團花紋馬蹄碗 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 3 June 2009 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M.White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol.3, n.p, 2022, p.153 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antique，2009年6月3日（藏家筆記） 著錄： M.White，《Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection》，第3冊，無出版地，2022年，第153頁 The prototype of the present lot may be found in a Kangxi doucai bowl decorated with similar doucai medallions but with rounded sides, Kangxi mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours (故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：五彩·鬥彩), Hong Kong, 1999, p.216, pl.197. The form of the present lot is known as 'horse-hoof bowl' 馬蹄碗 (mati wan), so called for its resemblance to a horse's hoof. See a similar doucai medallion bowl, Jiaqing mark and of the period, in the collection of Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty (宮廷珍藏：中國清代官窯瓷器), Shanghai, 2003, p.363. See a similar doucai medallion bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 October 2016, lot 3680. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing