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A RARE ANHUA-DECORATED TIANBAI-GLAZED
LIANZI BOWL
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The bowl is finely potted with deep rounded sides, incised
on the exterior with a leafy composite scroll bearing three
chrysanthemum blossoms alternating with mallow and camellia
below a keyfret band at the rim. The interior is incised with a the London Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, The Arts of the Ming
chrysanthemum spray enclosed within a double-line roundel
below a wide register of moulded lotus petals rising from the
centre to a band of moulded waves below the rim, all under an
even white glaze.
8 ¿ in. (20.6 cm.) diam.
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000
PROVENANCE
Mr and Mrs Denis Barnham
Bluett & Sons, London, 1954
Kenneth Robert Malcome (1908-1984), no. 108 (according to
label)
Sold at Christie’s London, 17 June 2003, lot 18
EXHIBITED
Oriental Ceramic Society, London, Monochrome Porcelain of the
Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 1948. Catalogue, no. 108
Compare a similar bowl in the Falk Collection illustrated in H. D.
Ling and E. T. Chow, Collections of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall
of Leisurely Pastime, in two volumes, Hong Kong, 1950, vol. 11, no. 86,
pp. 64-5, and in M. Komor, Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty,
New York, 1951, no. 23, subsequently sold at Christie’s New York, 20th
September 2001, lot 133. Compare also the similar bowl exhibited at
the Exhibition of Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney, 1977, subsequently sold at Sotheby’s London, 15th
April 1980, lot 267; and one from the Clark Collection, included in
Dynasty, 1957, Catalogue no. 9, and later sold at Sotheby’s London,
26th June 1973, lot 247.
明永樂 甜白釉暗花纏枝花卉紋蓮子盌
來源
Denis Barnham伉儷
Bluett & Sons，倫敦，1954年
Kenneth Robert Malcome (1908-1984)，編號108
倫敦佳士得，2003年6月17日，拍品18號
展覽
東方陶瓷學會，倫敦，《Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming
and Manchu Dynasties》，1948年，圖錄圖版108號
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