Pair Chinese Famille Rose Butterfly & Flower Bowls Jiangxi Jingdezhen Mark Wedgwood

Pair Chinese Famille Rose Butterfly & Flower Bowls Jiangxi Jingdezhen Mark WedgwoodA matched pair of Chinese famille rose bowls finely enamelled on a white ground with butterflies amid flowering branches and scattered blooms, the rims with a gilt line. Butterfly and flower decoration is among the most charming and collectable of the Jingdezhen patterns. Each base bears an iron red six character mark reading Jiangxi Jingdezhen Zhi (). Attributed to the Republic period or 20th century; a finer, earlier (Tongzhi Guangxu) dating is

The expressive modelling of the face

ready to add a touch of historic luxury to your collection or interior

classical palette

A 30 cm diameter places this example among the larger serving and centrepiece bowls

bone china or decorative teaware

gallery wall

- Date: c1940s

with softly defined anatomy

while the facial features are executed in underglaze black and iron‑red

18th century neo-classical ceramics

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