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AN OUTSTANDING AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘INDIAN

LOTUS’ FRUIT BOWL
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

明宣德 青花纏枝番蓮紋大盌
《大明宣德年製》款

sturdily potted with deep rounded sides resting on a short foot, 來源：
the exterior superbly rendered with eight lotus blooms borne Frederick T. Fuller 收藏
on an undulating scroll bearing furled leaves above a border 倫敦佳士得1965年6月28/29日，編號146
of upright lappets, all between two bands enclosing detached 張宗憲收藏
scrollwork encircling the rim and foot, the interior and base 倫敦蘇富比1986年6月10日，編號222
left white, the footring unglazed, inscribed with a six-character
展覽：
horizontal reign mark below the rim 《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號25
29.8 cm, 11¾ in. 《天民樓青花瓷器展覽》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992年，編號41
《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
PROVENANCE
Collection of Frederick T. Fuller. 出版：
Christie’s London, 28th/29th June 1965, lot 146. 劉良佑，《中國歷代陶瓷鑑賞》，卷4：明官窰，台北，1991年，頁104
Collection of Robert Chang. 《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號42
Sotheby’s London, 10th June 1986, lot 222.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Porcelain. The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 25.
Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang
Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 41.
Tianminlou qinghua ci tezhan [Special exhibition of blue and
white porcelain from the Tianminlou collection], Shanghai
Museum, Shanghai, 1996.
LITERATURE
Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4: Ming Official
Wares, Taipei, 1991, p. 104.
Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou
Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, no. 42.

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

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