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PROPERTY FROM THE LESHANTANG COLLECTION 明成化 青花折枝花卉紋臥足盃
《大明成化年製》款
AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE BLUE AND
WHITE CUP 來源：
MARK AND PERIOD OF CHENGHUA 香港蘇富比1981年11月24日，編號69

exquisitely potted with rounded sides resting on a countersunk 出版：
base, delicately painted in characteristic soft tones of cobalt- 《樂山堂藏瓷》，台北，2005年，編號8
blue in outlines infilled with wash, the exterior with six evenly
spaced flowering gardenia sprigs, each with a single bloom
enclosed by clustered leaves, the interior with a shallow domed
centre (mantouxin) decorated with a medallion enclosing a
multi-petalled flower, possibly a hydrangea, encircled by a ring
of seven leaves, the base inscribed with the six-character reign
mark within a double rectangle, all beneath an unctuous glaze
fired to a waxy finish
7.8 cm, 3 in.

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 24th November 1981, lot 69.

LITERATURE

The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005,
cat. no. 8.

HK$ 15,000,000-20,000,000
US$ 1,940,000-2,580,000

Mark
28 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比