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CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE BARBER’S BOWL

Qianlong, c1765-75

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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