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A WHITE-GLAZED STEM BOWL White-glazed stem bowls such as the present piece were A FAHUA-GLAZED ‘FLORAL’ MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY produced during the Ming dynasty under the Yongle MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Emperor’s reign for imperial ceremonial use. Such stem
fitted rattan case (2) bowls were used in mourning ceremonies that Yongle Height 11⅜ in., 28.9 cm
Diameter 5⅞ in., 14.9 cm conducted for his predecessor, the Hongwu Emperor, in order
to legitimize his own claim to the throne. A devout Tibetan PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Buddhist, Yongle also likely employed these wares in rituals European Private Collection.
Suichikudo, Tokyo, 1989. and gifted them to monasteries in Tibet.
Compare a stem bowl of similar profile sold in our Hong ⊖ $ 5,000-7,000
⊖ $ 50,000-70,000
Kong rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 49, and one attributed
to the late 15th century, sold in our London rooms, 9th 明十六世紀 琺華花卉紋梅瓶
明十五世紀 白釉高足盌 December 1986. A slightly later stem bowl, attributed to the
Zhengde period, is published in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese 來源
Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl.
來源 歐洲私人收藏
683, and sold in our London rooms, 5th November 2008, lot

翠竹堂，東京，1989年
579. For a Yongle mark and period anhua-decorated example,
see one illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Catalogue of
Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
2001, pl. 3:1.

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