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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE
‘FIGURAL’ BOWL
MING DYNASTY, TIANQI /
CHONGZHEN PERIOD
the deep rounded sides supported on a slightly
tapered foot, the exterior painted in inky cobalt
tones, one side with a young official traveling
with a group of military officers carrying a
palanquin, another side with two boys leading
a buffalo by a cord tied to the animal’s nose,
gusts of clouds swirling all around obscuring
the mountainous landscape and dividing the
scenes, the interior centered with a medallion
enclosing a scholar reading beneath a rocky
overhang, the base with an apocryphal six-
character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue
within a double circle, the rim bound in metal,
Japanese lacquer cover and Japanese wood
box (4)
Diameter 14⅛ in., 35.9 cm

$ 20,000-30,000

明天啟 / 崇禎 青花人物故事圖
大盌

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