A CHINESE 'FAMILLE ROSE' PORCELAIN BOWL MADE FOR THE IRANIAN EXPORT MARKET
Possibly Guangdong (Canton), China, late 19th - early 20th century

A CHINESE 'FAMILLE ROSE' PORCELAIN BOWL MADE FOR THE IRANIAN EXPORT MARKET
Possibly Guangdong (Canton), China, late 19th - early 20th century

Of hemispherical shape, resting on a short circular foot, painted in dark blue, pink, green, yellow, orange and gold on a white ground, the interior decorated with a fully bloomed bouquet of roses and blue daisies to the centre and a wavy vegetal festoon below the rim, the exterior with lobed cartouches alternating roses to blue daisies against a starry blue background, a typical Canton famille rose border with flowers and butterflies below the rim, 26cm diam.