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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE FRUIT BOWL

MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

明宣德 青花折枝花果紋大盌

《大明宣德年製》款

well potted with low rounded sides supported on a straight 來源：
foot, brightly painted around the exterior in cobalt-blue tones 香港佳士得1991年10月1日，編號745
with six detached flowering and fruiting sprays, including 展覽：
peach, pomegranate, loquat, grape, persimmon and longan, 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
above a border of petal lappets and band of floral sprays
《日昇月騰：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港歷史博物館，香
encircling the lower body and foot respectively, the interior and 港，2015-2016年，編號121
the base left white, the footring unglazed, inscribed with a six-
character horizontal reign mark below the rim 出版：
28 cm, 11 in. 《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號47
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st October 1991, lot 745.
EXHIBITED
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. 121.
LITERATURE
Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou
Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, no. 47.

HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000

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