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A LARGE AND BRILLIANTLY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE

‘PEONY’ FRUIT BOWL
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

明宣德 青花纏枝牡丹紋大盌
《大明宣德年製》款

sturdily potted with deep rounded sides resting on a short 來源：
foot, the exterior superbly painted in rich cobalt-blue tones 倫敦蘇富比1956年7月3日，編號62
with eight peony blooms borne on a meandering leafy scroll Raymond F.A. Riesco（1877-1964年）收藏
issuing further peony buds, above a band of upright lappets 倫敦蘇富比1984年12月11日，編號321
encircling the lower body, the foot skirted with a densely 香港佳士得1987年1月13日，編號562
rendered undulating floral scroll, all between two double-line 展覽：
bands bordering the rim and foot, inscribed with a horizontal 《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號27
six-character reign mark below the rim 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992年，編號43
29.9 cm, 11¾ in.
《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
PROVENANCE 出版：
Sotheby’s London, 3rd July 1956, lot 62. 《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號44
Collection of Raymond F.A. Riesco (1877-1964).
Sotheby’s London, 11th December 1984, lot 321.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 13th January 1987, lot 562.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 27.
Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang
Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 43.
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. 44.

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

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