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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A RARE INSCRIBED WHITE 'MONK'S CAP' EWER
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1424)
The ewer is elegantly potted with a bulbous body raised on a short splayed foot, below a curved handle
with a ruyi-head tab, all decorated in a soft white glaze, tianbaiyou. The neck, shoulder and lower body
above the foot are decorated with incised foliate patterns, and the body is incised with a Tibetan
inscription in one horizontal line.
8º in. (21 cm.) high
£60,000-80,000 US$75,000-99,000
€68,000-90,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 17 March 2015, lot 119
The Tibetan inscription may be translated as:
'May there be peace and tranquility during the day;
May there be peace and tranquility during the night;
May there be peace and tranquility at noon;
Peace and tranquility day and night;
The Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) ensure peace and tranquility.'
Compare this to a similar ewer from the Meiyintang Collection which sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9
October 2012, lot 10.

明永樂 甜白釉刻纏枝蓮如意紋永平安頌銘僧帽壺
來源:
紐約蘇富比2015年3月17日, 拍品119
重要歐洲私人珍藏

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