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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN COLLECTION

AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE BLUE AND
WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ BOWL AND COVER
MARKS AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

superbly potted with deep angled sides moulded with two
raised fillets towards the lower body, rising from a short
tapering foot to a flared rim, the exterior finely painted with the
bajixiang emblems resting on stylised lotus blooms wreathed
by curling stems issuing leaves, above a garland of trefoil
foliate motifs, all divided by line borders, the domed cover
similarly decorated with the bajixiang enclosed within lotus
wreath, below radiating lappets encircling a raised circular
finial, covered overall in an unctuous transparent glaze, the
underside of the cover and interior of the bowl inscribed with a
six-character mark within a double circle
overall h. 10.7 cm, 4¼ in.; d. 17.8 cm, 7 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 5.
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19th May 1987, lot 231.
LITERATURE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong – Twenty Years 1973-1993, Hong Kong,
1993, pl. 79.
Sotheby’s: Thirty Years in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2003, pl.
231.
HK$ 35,000,000-55,000,000
US$ 4,480,000-7,040,000

Marks

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