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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 明宣德 青花石榴花紋盤 六字楷書橫款
‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH 盤撇口，矮圈足，砂底無釉。通體青花紋飾。盤心飾折枝石

XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE 榴花一株，內壁繪蟠桃、枇杷、柿子、荔枝果紋；外壁飾四
AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) 折枝蓮紋。口沿下書「大明宣德年製」橫款。青花發色清
The dish is superbly painted in cobalt of inky-blue tones in the 麗，釉汁肥厚瑩潤，紋飾清晰洗練，雅緻宜人。
interior medallion with a large flowering pomegranate branch with
two blossoming flowers and three buds surrounded by double-line 來源
circles, the well with four separate fruit sprays including peach,
loquat, persimmon and lychee, beneath a single wide line at the 香港蘇富比，1994年11月2日，拍品37號
rim. The reverse is further decorated with four lotus sprays with 香港佳士得，1997年4月27日，拍品72號
stylised leaves and curling tendrils above a double line surrounding
the foot, the reign mark inscribed in a line below the mouth. The 出版
base is unglazed revealing the fine biscuit body. 《香港蘇富比三十週年》，香港，2003年，頁228，圖239號
11 Æ in. (29.8 cm.) diam., box
Estimate on Request 估價待詢
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 November 1994, lot 37
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 April 1997, lot 72
LITERATURE
Sotheby’s Thirty Years in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2003, p. 228,
no. 239

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