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PROPERTY FROM THE BARBARA AND LESTER LEVY
COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE AND CAFÉ-AU-LAIT-
GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ FLUTED BOX AND COVER,
LATE MING DYNASTY
(2)
Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Kenneth R. Malcolm (1908-1984).
Sotheby’s London, 6th May 1999, lot 44.
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London (according to label).
EXHIBITED
Iron in the fire: the Chinese potter’s exploration of iron oxide
glazes, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1988, cat. no. 58.
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$ 8,000-12,000
明末 醬釉青花蓮花紋蓋盒

來源：
Kenneth R. Malcolm (1908-1984) 收藏
倫敦蘇富比1999年5月6日，編號44
Sydney L. Moss Ltd.，倫敦 (標簽)

展覽：
《Iron in the fire : the Chinese potter’s exploration
of iron oxide glazes 》，阿什莫林博物館，牛
津，1998年，圖版58

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A RARE WUCAI ‘BOYS’ CHARCOAL BURNER, 明天启 / 崇禎 青花五彩嬰戲圖爐
PROPERTY FROM THE BARBARA AND LESTER LEVY
COLLECTION MING DYNASTY, TIANQI / CHONGZHEN
PERIOD
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE AND CAFÉ-AU-LAIT- 來源：
GLAZED RETICULATED WARMING BOWL, LATE Japanese wood box (3) 香港蘇富比2018年11月28日，編號678
MING DYNASTY Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm
Diameter 4¾ in., 12.2 cm PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28th November 2018, lot 678.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr. Carew Shaw (1901-1998). See a closely related charcoal burner of children engaged
Marchant, London, 19th January 1993. in a sword fight, sold in our London rooms, 7th November
2007, lot 314. Another from the Hirota Collection, with
$ 3,000-5,000 figures depicted in a boat is illustrated in Tōkyō Kokuritsu
Hakubutsukan Hirota Fukosai korekushon. Cha no bijutsu
明末 內青花人物圖外紫金釉溫盌 hen [Tokyo National Museum Hirota Fukosai Collection. Tea
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Ceremony Art], Tokyo, 2006, pl. 45; lastly, one with children
playing is illustrated in Zenta Nobuyo, Ko sometsuke to
來源: shonzui / Ko-sometsuke and Shonzui, Kyoto, 2020, pl. 66.
Carew Shaw 醫生（1901-1998）收藏
馬錢特，倫敦，1993年1月19日 ⊖ $ 6,000-8,000

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