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           PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG   明或更早   哥窰葵瓣洗
           COLLECTION
                                            來源:
           A GEYAO MALLOW-SHAPED
           BRUSH WASHER                     趙從衍(1912-1999年)收藏
           MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
           the gently flaring sides supported on a
           countersunk base with five spur marks, covered
           overall in a soft greyish glaze suffused with a
           matrix of iron-wire crackles
           10.2 cm, 4 in.
           PROVENANCE
           Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).

           HK$ 80,000-120,000
           US$ 10,300-15,400

           Compare the mallow-shaped Geyao washers
           dated to the Song dynasty preserved in the
           Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The
           Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
           Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong
           Kong, 1996, pls 56-57, 59-61.
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