CHINA, FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY - Lot 25

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CHINA, FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY - Lot 25
CHINA, FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY A pair of Famille Rose porcelain and enamel bowls, decorated with foliage and lotus flowers on a yellow ground, and four auspicious characters in blue enamel medallions. Bailin si zhi" mark on the base of each. H. 6.7 cm each - D. 14.1 cm - D. 14.4 cm (for the broken-glued one) (One slightly chipped and cracked; the other broken in two, glued back together) Note : The Chan Bailin Temple (Bailin chansi 柏林襌寺) is also known as the "Chan school monastery with a cypress forest" between 1135 and 1148. Located 300 km from Beijing in the Zhao district of Hebei in North China, the temple became a Mecca of Chinese Chan Buddhism since the installation of an illustrious figure in 858 in this monastery, Master Chan Zhaozhou (778-897). ZHE, Ji. Chapter IV. Le Temple Chan Bailin: un lieu saint reconstruit ou une mémoire remobilisée In: Religion, modernité et temporalité : Une sociologie du bouddhisme chan contemporain [online]. Paris : CNRS Éditions, 2016. Provenance Presumed private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913). Then by descent to the current owner.
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