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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F.
BROWN
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PALACE' BOWL The design of this bowl is based on Chenghua-period prototypes.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) These so-called 'palace bowls' are distinguished by the high quality of
The bowl is decorated with a leafy meander bearing stylized their raw materials, their fine potting, and the refined nature of their
blossoms on the exterior, a band of lappets above the foot, and decoration, which eschewed minor bands and were usually encircled
the interior with a single flower in the central roundel. The base is by elegant, large-scale floral scrolls. The bowls were decorated with a
inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. variety of flowers, including the mallow flowers seen on this bowl, as
well as daylilies and lotus. For a Chenghua-marked ‘palace bowl’ with
5æ in. (14.5 cm.) diam., cloth box
the same pattern as the present bowl, see J. Harrison-Hall, Catalogue
of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2000,
$10,000-15,000 p. 164, no. 6.4. Later in the Ming dynasty, and throughout the Qing
dynasty, as seen on this successful Kangxi-period version, potters
PROVENANCE: sought to emulate the quality of potting and painting displayed on the
Professor Jan Hellner (1917-2002) Collection, Stockholm,
Sweden (according to label). early-Ming ‘palace bowls'.
John Sparks, London (according to label).
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas,
acquired prior to 1992.

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