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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF STUART AND BRUCE MARCHANT
1627
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUIT SPRAY’ BOWL
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AT THE RIM AND OF
THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The bowl is heavily potted with low, rounded sides and decorated on the exterior with six sprays of fruit
comprising pomegranate, grape, peach, persimmon, melon, and crab-apple or loquat, all above a band of
radiating lotus lappets, and six foral sprays on the foot ring.
11 ¬ in. (29.5 cm.) diam.
$2,000,000-3,000,000
PROVENANCE
Purchased by Richard Marchant in London circa 1969, and gifted to his sons Stuart and Bruce Marchant.
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