CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWL,Qing Dynasty, "West Wing of the Tumed Mongolian Banner" mark. Everted sides painted to depict the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) alternating with stylized shou characters, central register featuring deities, auspicious animals on lotus thrones, interior with lotus-form medallion with crossed vajra heart. - 5 1/5 in. Estimate $800-1,200
For a similar bowl see Sotheby's, New York, 18 March 2008, sale 8420, lot 173. The Baragon Tumed mark to the base is, according to Gerald Davidson in The Handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics, the "Mark of the Tumed Mongolian Banner ( applied to a service made to commemorate the marriage of one of the Daoguang Emperor's daughters to a southern Mongolian prince)."
General good condition. Fritting of the glaze on the rim. The bowl rings well
