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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL, LIANZI ᒞೣ࿎ 㤎⩈➂ᗌⰉ♄Ⰹಡ↢ 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
WAN
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A ϝᬝ
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) ᚚទ☆՞ᘘ⻦
The bowl is delicately potted with deep rounded walls standing 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
on a short foot. The bowl is decorated in a inky rich cobalt blue
⎾ᘳऑ卿᳅ᆄ⭬卿⚉ᄓ卿஄㑷ǯ㘻㵲㬪Ɽ⡠㱈ǯ⎾ᇵ㫐஄ݤ⥾
of varied tones. The interior with a central medallion enclosing a
pomegranate spray encircled by a scrolling leafy stem bearing six ᐙ៨⒢ᦂ៧卿ݤ೅㱈⦞៨⸥⡠卿ऑᯒӴ㱈୪⡠Ӭॶǯം೅㱈㫐
ྉ⸥≓⡠卿ऑᯒ㚒∪㱈ᱡ᭢⡠ǯᄓ㫐஄ݤᝧ㬪ⱤǸഌᚺ໿ᇪჺ
stylised lotus blooms, all below a key-fret band to the rim. The
exterior is decorated with two registers of slender upright petals ㅳǹᥓᝧ᪪ǯ
beneath a band of tumultuous waves.
8 ¿ in. (20.8 cm.) diam., wood box
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-770,000

PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2006, lot 907

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