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38 來源： 劍橋菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL, LIANZI WAN (1899-1963)
Yongle 於1947年5月22日購自倫敦古董商Peter Boode
The deep sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, the exterior finely Cunliffe收藏，藏品編號PM73，並由後人保存迄今
painted in dark blue tones with a band of elongated lotus petals
below a keyfret band around the rim, the interior with a central spray An identical bowl is included in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art,
of fruiting loquat within double circles, surrounded by leafy scrolls of at the Smythsonian Institute, Washington, no.F1951.14a-b. Another
alternating blossoming camellias and chrysanthemum flowerheads is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
below a band of breaking waves at the rim, the deep tones of cobalt Museum: Underglaze blue and red porcelain wares, Hong Kong, 2000,
containing extensive ‘heaping and piling’, fitted box. pl.75. Three examples are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
20.8cm (8 2/8in) diam. (2). by Geng Baoghang, Gugong Guoyu Yuan Cang Ming chu Qinghua Ci,
Beijing, 2002, pp.125-127, nos.65-67. The Percival David Foundation
£15,000 - 20,000 CNY140,000 - 180,000 also has a similar bowl, illustrated in Underglaze Blue and Copper Red
HK$160,000 - 220,000 Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art,
London, 2004, no.B637, p. 85; and a final example is illustrated by
明永樂 青花蓮瓣花卉紋蓮子盌 R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London,
1994, vol.2, fig.670.
Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the
Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Two related bowls were sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December
Acquired from Peter Boode, London, 22 May 1947 2009, lot 1871, and 31 May 2010, lot 1851.
The Cunliffe Collection, no.PM73, and thence by descent
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