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           ׼   ඓ ֵ       AN EXCEPTIONAL JUNYAO PURPLE AND BLUE-GLAZED
           ڋ    㜺 Ս      TRIPOD NARCISSUS BOWL,
               ໧ š       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˚dᇜ໮4
                         Sotheby's London, 10th December 1991, lot 136.   ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1991ϋ12˜10˚dᇜ໮136
               ̀         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.  λ̚ઽӋjઽӋၚٸɧɤʞ඄ϋߏׂ࢝‘d࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d
                                                                         ࠰ಥd1995-96ϋ
                         LITERATURE
                                                                         ̈وj
                         In Pursuit of Antiquities: 35th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min
                         Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 97.     λ̚ઽӋjઽӋၚٸɧɤʞ඄ϋߏׂ࢝‘d࠰ಥd1995ϋd
                                                                         ᇜ໮97
                         HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
                         US$ 510,000-765,000



































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