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A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL

MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

明宣德 青花纏枝番蓮紋盌

《大明宣德年製》款

well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly 來源：
tapered foot to a flared rim, the exterior painted with shaded 亨利奈特（1971年卒）收藏，荷蘭海牙
tones of cobalt tones with characteristic ‘heaping and piling’ Bluett & Sons，倫敦（標籤）
with five large lotus blooms borne on a leafy scroll meandering 香港蘇富比1986年5月20日，編號18
around the bowl, all between a key-fret band and petal
展覽：
lappets, the foot skirted with a classic scroll band, the interior 《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號22（盌心照片誤植
similarly rendered with a central medallion enclosing a lotus 於編號21）
bloom wreathed in leafy scrolls, surrounded by a composite 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992 年，編號38
floral scroll around the cavetto, the inner rim bordered with a
《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
meandering scroll bearing florets, the base inscribed with a six-
character reign mark within a double circle 出版：
17.3 cm, 6¾ in. 《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號38

PROVENANCE
Collection of Henry M. Knight (d. 1971), The Hague, Holland.
Bluett & Sons, London (label).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20th May 1986, lot 18.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 22 (interior
view incorrectly illustrated as cat. no. 21).
Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang
Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 38.
Tianminlou qinghua ci tezhan [Special exhibition of blue and
white porcelain from the Tianminlou collection], Shanghai
Museum, Shanghai, 1996.
LITERATURE
Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou
Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, no. 38.

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

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