A Chinese iron red and blue and white bowl with mythical beasts, Daoguang six character seal mark and of the period (1821-1850)

矾红青花海兽碗, 道光六字篆书款, 道光 (1821-1850)

of typical deep form with curving sides, a short foot and a faintly everted rim, the sides painted with nine underglazed blue and white mythical sea beasts on a ground of iron-red clashing waves, the centre of the interior with a medallion enclosing a blue and white winged dragon on a similar ground, double blue and white lines on the inner mouth rim, bands of blue and white key-fret pattern on the outer mouth rim and foot, the base with a Daoguang six character seal mark

Another two similar pieces can be seen in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983 and The Catalogue of Imperial Porcelain of Qing Dynasty from the Nanjing Museum, Guangdong: Lingnan Art Press, 2007

碗深, 足短, 撇口, 碗身以矾红海浪为地, 并有八只青花海兽, 碗口及足沿绘有青花回字纹, 碗底有青花 “大清道光年制” 篆书款

类似器物可参见《关氏所藏: 晚清官窑瓷器》, 香港: 香港中文大学, 1983年 及《瓷苑珍品: 南京博物院藏: 清代皇家御用瓷器展览图录》, 广东: 岭南美术书版社, 2007年。