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The Xuande Emperor (1426-1435); image courtesy of the
National Palace Museum, Taipei

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE Provenance: Baron Guy Etienne de Villelume (1908-1991), Château
RESERVE-DECORATED ‘PEONY’ DISH de La Gorgue, France
Xuande six-character mark in a line and of the period J.-P. Chapelle, P. Perrin, D. Fromantin, Versailles, 12 February 1978,
Elegantly potted, the shallow rounded sides rising from a short lot 76
tapered foot to a delicately everted rim, decorated in the centre A French private collection
with a flowering peony spray enclosed within a single white line,
surrounded on the cavetto by six fruiting sprays of pomegranate, 來源：Guy Etienne de Villelume 男爵 (1908-1991)，法國拉格爾格堡
loquat, cherry, persimmon, peach and lychee, the underside with J.-P. Chapelle, P. Perrin, D. Fromantin, 凡爾賽，1978年2月12日，
scrolling chrysanthemum, the foot with further two bands, all reserved 編號76
in white with finely incised details on a rich ‘royal blue’ ground under a 法國私人珍藏
translucent glaze, the six-character mark inscribed in underglaze blue
reserved in a rectangular cartouche below the rim, the unglazed base Baron Guy de Villelume had an interest in watercolours and exhibited
burnt orange, fitted box. in the Salon des Artistes Français in 1933. On his death, the Château
38.7cm (15 1/4in) diam. (2). de La Gorgue was taken over by the town hall, which set up a cultural
centre and the Villelume leisure centre there.
£700,000 - 1,000,000
CNY5,500,000 - 7,900,000

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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
36 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.