CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE BARBER’S BOWL
Qianlong, c1765
The oval fluted bowl with the usual notched rim, the center painted in famille rose overglaze enamels and
bianco sopra bianco with a blue hollow rock issuing peonies within a fenced garden, within an iron red
lambrequin border, the rim with further peony sprays; holes in the footrim for hanging
Condition: Overall very good; some minor enamel and gilt rubbing, and kiln spit; two 1” wide sections with kiln
adhesion verso from firing that were not polished away; some fritting to the concave section of rim,
visible in the top image above
Provenance : Elinor Gordon, bearing label verso
Chinese export
barber's bowls are less frequent than the Japanese versions. This
shape
imitates a European model made
of metal or wood, and would have been specially commissioned by European clients, yet painted in the Chinese fashion.
10” High x 12 .5” Wide
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