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8002 The basin is well potted with deep, slightly tapered sides rising to a flared
rim, and finely painted in brilliant cobalt-blue with extensive ‘heaping
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY and piling’ on the flat base of the interior with a central florette enclosed
RARE BLUE AND WHITE BASIN within a roundel from which radiates six ruyi-shaped petals divided by
foliate sprigs, all within a classic-scroll border.The steep well is encircled
YONGLE PERIOD (1402-1425) by a composite floral scroll bearing six blossoms, including lotus, gardenia,
chrysanthemum, camellia, peony and hibiscus, the undulating stem with
明永樂 青花纏枝四季花卉紋折沿洗 leaves corresponding to each flower, all below a band of crashing waves
at the rim.The exterior is similarly painted with a composite floral
HK$12,000,000-18,000,000 scroll bearing eight blossoms, all within double-line borders and below
US$1,600,000-2,300,000 detached floral sprays.The unglazed base reveals the smooth white ware
with a light speckling of orange tone.
10 ¡ in. (26.3 cm.) diam., box

PROVENANCE

Eskenazi Ltd., London, c2179
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1510

EXHIBITED

Eskenazi, Yuan and early Ming blue and white porcelain, June-July
1994, London, p. 34-35, no. 10

LITERATURE

A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe
Eskenazi, Italy, 2012, p. 312, pl. 337

來源
埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，編號 c2179
香港佳士得，2006 年 11 月 28 日，拍品 1510 號

展覽
埃斯卡納齊，《Yuan and early Ming blue and white
porcelain》，倫敦，1994 年 6-7 月，頁 34-35，編號 10

著錄
《中國藝術品經眼錄 – 埃斯卡納齊的回憶》，上海，2015
年，頁 310，編號 337

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