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                    AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL BLUE AND

                    WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BASIN
                    MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD



                    明永樂   青花纏枝番蓮紋折沿盆



                    superbly potted with deep, slightly tapered sides rising to a   來源：
                    wide flared rim, the flat interior beautifully and richly painted   藍捷理，紐約，1986年
                    in cobalt-blue tones with a rosette centred by a double-line   展覽：
                    medallion enclosing a floret, surrounded by a radiating eight-  《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號13
                    pointed starburst of overlapping petals detailed with ruyi   《歷代文物萃珍：敏求精舍三十週年紀念展》，香港藝術館， 香港，
                    heads, all surrounded by a composite floral scroll adorning
                                                                   1990-1991年， 編號129
                    the straight sides, the wide rim decorated with an undulating   《天民樓青花瓷特展》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992年，編號29
                    scroll bearing flower-heads of pinks and little dotted blossoms,   《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
                    further enhanced with stylised foliage resembling gingko   《日昇月騰：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港歷史博物館，香
                    leaves, the exterior decorated with meandering scrolls bearing
                                                                   港，2015-2016年，編號61
                    large lotus blooms and issuing scrolling tendrils and smaller   《香江雅集：香港回歸祖國二十周年特展》，首都博物館，北京，2017
                    blooms, below eight evenly spaced freely floating florets under   年，編號115
                    the rim, the base unglazed
                    25.6 cm, 10⅛ in.                               出版：
                                                                   《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號30
                    PROVENANCE
                    J.J. Lally, New York, 1986.
                    EXHIBITED
                    Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
                    Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 13.
                    Selected Treasures of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Thirtieth
                    Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong,
                    1990-1991, cat. no. 129.
                    Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang
                    Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 29.
                    Tianminlou qinghua ci tezhan [Special exhibition of blue and
                    white porcelain from the Tianminlou collection], Shanghai
                    Museum, Shanghai, 1996.
                    The Radiant Ming 1368-1644 through the Min Chiu Society
                    Collection, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong, 2015-
                    2016, cat. no. 61.
                    Treasures of Hong Kong: The 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s
                    Handover, Capital Museum, Beijing, 2017, cat. no. 115.
                    LITERATURE
                    Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou
                    Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, no. 30.



                    HK$ 8,000,000-12,000,000
                    US$ 1,020,000-1,530,000











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