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A FINE AND RARE ‘NUMBERED FIVE’ JUN
TRIPOD BULB BOWL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The sturdily potted bowl has a band of nineteen ‘nail-head’ bosses
applied between bow-string borders, and a further fifteen bosses
above the three ruyi-form feet. The bowl is covered with a thick
glaze, the interior of milky blue and lavender tone and the exterior
of mottled purple that thins to russet on the raised areas. The base
has a thin olive glaze and a ring of spur marks, and is incised with
the character wu (five).
8 º in. (21 cm.) diam., double Japanese wood boxes
HK$12,000,000-15,000,000 US$1,600,000-2,000,000
PROVENANCE
A North-American Chinese family collection formed during the
late Qing dynasty
Sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2009, lot 341
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