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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED BOWLS, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, each thinly potted with steeply
rounded walls and freely splashed with yellow, aubergine, white, and green glazes, the white-glazed base with an apocryphal Chenghua
mark (2)
⌲Ꮴ⛆ 㭻⯛̶ᒖ⯹̭ᄺ
ȨࡃᎡ㸪ȩЬ
Diameters 4¾ in., 12 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
While western collectors coined the name ‘egg and spinach,’ the Chinese name for this type of sancai
decoration is ‘tiger skin.’ A related pair in the Shanghai museum collection with Kangxi reign marks is
illustrated in Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai,
1998, pl. 139.
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A WHITE-GLAZED STEM BOWL, MING DYNASTY, 16 TH CENTURY, thinly potted, the steep rounded sides rising
from a hollow spreading foot to a flared lipped rim, applied with an even white glaze save the foot ring, wood stand (2)
ᬻښ̓㈭ ⮪䛶倅䋠⯹
Height 4¾ in., 12.1 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Mathias Komor, New York. Mathias Komor喑㈽㈱
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Compare a similar example from the Carl Kempe collection, published in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics
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in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 683, and sold in our London rooms, 5 November 2008,
lot 579.
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