a very fine  FAMILLE  ROSE  " pink ground " MEDAILLON  BOWL .

Finely potted, painted on the exterior : a pink- sgraffiato   incised ground, on which we see  4 medaillons of flowering plants  ; the interior finely painted in underglaze-blue : in the fond a medaillon with a hare in a landscape,around 4 plants, corresponding to the 4 plants on the exterior  : the 4 plants  representing the 4 seasons .  (  see next foto ) .

period :      DAOGUANG  :   1821 - 1850 .

mark  :       6 character mark in seal ,of Daoguang , in underglaze- blue .

refer.:    " Les Poteries & Porcelaines chinoises ", D. Lion-Goldschmidt, pl. XXVII .
            " Imperial Porcelain of the late Qing,from the KWAN Collection",  1983 , pl.37.
            " The YANGZHITANG Collection ", Christie's Singapore: 30/3/1997,  cat. 270.
            " Recent Acquisitions ," 2006  ,  S.Marchant & Son,  catal. n° 63.

pedigree:    this bowl  coming from the G. WEISHAUPT  collection, where he is described :
                       " From the Dragon's Treasure ",  G. Avitabile , 1987 ,  cat. 37 .