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44 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 14 MARCH 2017 MING: THE INTERVENTION OF IMPERIAL TASTE

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FINE LARGE WHITE-GLAZED ‘LIANZI’ BOWL
XUANDE MARK AND PERIOD

well potted, with deep rounded sides rising from a short
slightly tapered foot, the exterior faintly incised with two
rows of elongated lotus petals below a frieze of crested
waves, the interior incised with a central medallion of two
leafy pomegranates within double circles under a register of
keyfret at the rim, applied overall with an even white glaze
tinged to a subtle light blue tone, the base with the six-
character mark within double circles in underglaze blue

Diameter 8⅛ in., 20.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th October 2009, lot 1625.

2009 10 8 1625
$ 150,000-250,000