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           ʩ    ڡ        A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT MOULDED BLUE AND
               ڀ         WHITE BARBED 'FISH' CHARGER,
               ௡         YUAN DYNASTY

               ᘷ         fluently painted in cobalt of an inky-blue tone, the central well brilliantly adorned with a single carp swimming amidst swirling eelgrass
               ̉         and other aquatic plants, enclosed within a broad band on the cavetto accentuated by eight peony blooms depicted in full-frontal
               ڀ         and profile views, borne on a continuous foliate branch with leaves naturalistically detailed with veins, all outlined and set against a
                         background of concentric rings resembling cresting waves, the everted barbed rim uniquely moulded with a continuous lingzhi scroll on
               ӫ         a contrasting solid blue ground, the exterior decorated with a frieze enclosing a lotus scroll, the unglazed base burnt orange
               ʗ         47.8 cm

               ഷ         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         Sotheby’s New York, 9th September 1987, lot 256 and cover.  ॲߒᘽబˢ1987ϋ9˜9˚dᇜ໮256ʿ܆ࠦ
               ɹ         Eskenazi Ltd, London.                           ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱
               ɽ         Collection of T.T. Tsui, Jingguantang Collection, Hong Kong.  ࢱ࢝ੀ€᎑ᝈੀϗᔛd࠰ಥ
                         Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th April 2002, lot 607.  ࠰ಥԳɻ੻2002ϋ4˜29˚dᇜ໮607
               ᆵ         EXHIBITED
                                                                         ࢝ᚎj
                         The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990s.
                                                                         ࢱˤᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1990ϋ˾
                         LITERATURE
                                                                         ̈وj
                         Sotheby’s Art at Auction 1987-1988, London, 1988, p. 258.
                         Splendour of Ancient Chinese Art. Selections from the Collections   Sotheby’s Art at Auction 1987-1988‘dࡐ౱d1988ϋdࠫ258
                         of T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Worldwide, Hong Kong, 1996,   ऎʫ̮ࢱ࢝ੀʕ਷ᖵஔ᎜ᔛۜ፯യ‘d࠰ಥd1996ϋdྡو48
                         pl. 48.                                         John CarswelldBlue & White. Chinese Porcelain Around the
                         John Carswell, Blue & White. Chinese Porcelain Around the World,   World‘dࡐ౱d2000ϋdྡو5
                         London, 2000, pl. 5.                            ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdᑡλԽ዆ଣdʕ਷ᖵஔۜ຾଻፽jࡾ౶̔ॶᄁ
                         Giuseppe Eskenazi in collaboration with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s   ٙΫኳ‘dࡐ౱d2012ϋdʕᙇوdɪऎd2015ϋd2017ϋΎ
                         Hand. The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe   وdྡ78
                         Eskenazi, London, 2012; Chinese version, Shanghai, 2015, reprint,   ੰጶёdEarly Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The
                         2017, fig. 78.                                  Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung‘d࠰ಥd2022
                         Regina Krahl, Early Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The   ϋdᇜ໮9
                         Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, Hong Kong, 2022,
                         no. 9.

                         HK$ 30,000,000-50,000,000
                         US$ 3,830,000-6,380,000




























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