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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BARBED CUPSTAND
MING DYNASTY, HONGWU PERIOD
明洪武 青花靈芝番蓮紋菱口折沿盞托
the shallow rounded sides rising to a barbed everted rim 來源：
divided into eight bracket foliations, moulded on the interior 倫敦蘇富比1966年6月28日，編號71
with a central raised ring and around the exterior with crisp 倫敦蘇富比1971年5月18日，編號181
radiating ridges dividing the lobes, finely decorated overall in
shaded tones of cobalt accented with ‘heaping and piling’, the
slightly recessed centre medallion with a leafy lotus spray,
surrounded by a foliate lingzhi scroll and eight sprigs of lotus
around the cavetto, each carefully rendered with different
blooms and fanciful curly foliage, the rim detailed with a
classic scroll, the central ring picked out with pendent lappets,
the exterior painted with petal lappets on each lobe, the
recessed and bevelled footring left unglazed
19.6 cm, 7⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 28th June 1966, lot 71.
Sotheby’s London, 18th May 1971, lot 181.
HK$ 1,800,000-2,500,000
US$ 230,000-319,000
