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ඓ ֵ AN EXCEPTIONAL JUNYAO PURPLE AND BLUE-GLAZED
ڋ 㜺 Ս TRIPOD NARCISSUS BOWL,
EARLY MING DYNASTY
ൃ ʞ with shallow rounded sides curving down to a flat base supported on three gently flaring ruyi-shaped feet, bordered by a band of evenly
ഓ spaced rounded studs between two raised ribs around the rim, and another band of studs above the feet, the well-proportioned body
ཊ ο applied with a thick and opalescent glaze of an alluring purple-and-blue colouration, the interior with an even milky lavender-blue glaze
with characteristic 'earthworm tracks' and accentuated with a wash of mottled purple, the rim and exterior with a vibrant purple glaze in
ོ tones of mauve, lavender and plum, thinning to a mushroom tone at the raised edges, the base covered with an olive-brown wash and
inscribed with a numeral wu (five), surrounded by a neat ring of tiny spur marks revealing the pale buff stoneware body
w. 20.7 cm
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PROVENANCE Ը๕j
ԑ The Canton Collection, Hong Kong. ʃᛓㅵᅽϗᔛd࠰ಥ
˥ Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th November 1975, lot 4. ࠰ಥᘽబˢ1975ϋ11˜17˚dᇜ4
Sotheby's London, 10th December 1991, lot 136. ࡐᘽబˢ1991ϋ12˜10˚dᇜ136
̀ Yin Chuan Tang Ltd, Hong Kong, 10th November 1994. ʇੀd࠰ಥd1994ϋ11˜10˚
ޯ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
In Pursuit of Antiquities: 35th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min
Chiu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1995-96. λ̚ઽӋjઽӋၚٸɧɤʞϋߏׂ࢝d࠰ಥᖵஔd
࠰ಥd1995-96ϋ
LITERATURE
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In Pursuit of Antiquities: 35th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min
Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 97. λ̚ઽӋjઽӋၚٸɧɤʞϋߏׂ࢝d࠰ಥd1995ϋd
ᇜ97
HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 510,000-765,000
Inscription
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106 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1292 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 107