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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1424)
The bowl is decorated to the central well with a lotus pond roundel surrounded by a gemoetric band, a
band of scrolling lotus, and a trellis band at the rim. The exterior is decorated with a wide scrolling leaf
band below a stylised ropetwist band. The base with an unusual snowfake mark.
6º in. (15.8 cm.) diam.
£20,000-30,000 $26,000-38,000
€24,000-35,000
A bowl with the same mark and similar decoration with some decorative bands in gilt, can be found in
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession no. 4424.
明永樂 青花卷草蓮塘碗
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