Antique Famille Rose Mille Fleur Bowl With Butterfly Qianlong Seal Qing Period
Item History & Price
Beautiful Condition Big Bowl Famille Rose Mille Fleur pattern. This is a hand made bowl each flower hand drawn and enameled not machine made. Can you find the butterfly? Hint: She's in the Second photo.1- The surface of the bowl has some gilt wear around the rim. There is a worn spot as indicated in the pics near the rim - worn not chipped. This worn spot reveals a glass like material unlike ceramic being translucent rath...er than opaque. 2 - The bowl has a double rimmed foot.3 - The pattern has a "gilt ground" which shows slight age wear. 4 - There are tiny firing imperfections visible under magnification, which indicate this piece was not made in an electric kiln.5 - Each petal of each hand drawn leaf and flower is an individual brush stroke applied to the bowl and drawn leaving heavy enamel glaze thick enough to feel.6 - The Flowers are small with only a few exceptions with the few larger being superior quality and highly detailed.7 - The piece measures 2 1/4 inches tall and almost 11 inches wide and is thick and heavy rather than the large eggshell bowls commonly seen.8 - The Seal is hand drawn not a stamp, for Emperor Qianlong as is customary in the Chinese tradition to honor a King or Master rather than makers signing their own name. This is a finely crafted bowl, which was given time and attention to detail from the large center Peony right down to the neatly hand drawn under glaze Qianlong seal. Beautiful quality - Beautiful Condition - Pre-Republic period antique.Will be professionally packed and shipped with insurance, Paypal only, Free shipping is to the 48 Continental States, No free shipping to P.O Boxes! If you would like this shipped to a PO Box message me for a shipping quote. International shipping through eBay Global Shipping Program only.
