A FINE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON' BOWLS

A FINE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BITTER MELON' BOWLS
SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820

The gently flared bell-shaped bowls delicatedly enamelled to the exteriors with pink butterflies and fruiting, flowering bitter melon vines and bamboo, which extend over the rims to the interior, 10.8cm. (2)

Cf. The Palace Museum Beijing, for an identical example with a Jiaqing mark.

清嘉慶 粉彩過枝籟瓜瓜瓞綿綿碗 一對
《大清嘉慶年製》青花篆書款