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PROPERTY OF A LADY 明宣德 青花雲龍紋十瓣葵花式洗
A SUPERB AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 《大明宣德年製》款
‘DRAGON’ BRUSH WASHER,
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE 來源：
亞洲重要私人收藏，約2000年於日本入藏
finely potted with upright sides divided into ten mallow-
shaped lobes forming shallow radiating ribs on the
interior and flaring at the rim to evoke a blooming flower,
superbly painted in vivid tones of cobalt-blue enhanced by
characteristic ‘heaping and pilling’, the very slightly convex
centre decorated with a writhing five-clawed dragon plunging
amid lingzhi-shaped cloud swirls and flames, all within a
double-line border repeated around the rim, the exterior
with ten quatrefoil panels enclosing alternately leaping
and plunging dragons amid swirling clouds and flames, all
between further double-line borders at the foot and mouth
rims, the unglazed footrim neatly cut to conforming lobed
shape, the slightly concave base inscribed with the six-
character mark within a double-circle
16.8 cm
PROVENANCE
An important Asian private collection, acquired in Japan
circa 2000.
HK$ 6,000,000-8,000,000
US$ 770,000-1,030,000

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