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66 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 20 MARCH 2018 MING: LUMINOUS DAWN OF EMPIRE

!"$ PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL INCISED TIANBAI-GLAZED BARBED
DISH
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD

# nely potted, the center deftly incised with a fruiting branch of grape
vine framed within a medallion of eight rounded lobes, the cavetto
divided into eight barbed lobes, each incised with alternating fruiting and
! owering ! oral sprigs, including peony, pomegranates, peach, lotus and
chrysanthemum, the barbed everted rim with detached lingzhi sprays,
the underside with alternating lingzhi and ! oral sprays on each lobe, all
beneath a # ne and smooth ‘sweet white’ (tianbai) glaze pooling in the
incised lines to a slightly darker tone highlighting the decoration, the
shallow foot ring neatly # nished, the base unglazed revealing the smooth
white body
Diameter 7⅞ in., 20 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967), one of a pair.
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 33.

LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1964, no. 671.
Kinesiska Keramiska Mästerwerk. I Urval från Ulricehamns Östasiatiska
Museum, Inkluderande Dr. Carl Kempes Samling/Chinese Ceramic
Treasures. A Selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including
The Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 862 left.
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Bo GyllensvärddChinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection‘d
౶ᅃࡩဧᅙd1964ϋdᇜ໮671
Kinesiska Keramiska Mästerwerk I Urval från Ulricehamns
Östasiatiska Museum Inkluderande Dr Carl Kempes Samling‘d
ढဧ༁๾ಥd2002ϋdྡو862̸

$ 500,000-700,000