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AN OUTSTANDING AND 明宣德

EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 剔紅穿花雙鳳紋倭角方盤
CARVED CINNABAR 《大明宣德年製》款

LACQUER ‘PHOENIX’ SQUARE 來源：
TRAY 大維德爵士（1892-1964年）收藏
Walter Sedgwick 夫人（1883-1967）收藏
MARK AND PERIOD OF 仇焱之（1910-1980年）收藏
XUANDE Virginia K. Chow 女士收藏
倫敦蘇富比2007年5月16日，編號77
the rounded sides with indented corners, decorated to the 展覽：
interior with a pair of opposing phoenix in flight, both depicted 《The Arts of the Ming Dynasty》，大英藝術協會及東方陶瓷
with outstretched wings and finely incised plumage, hovering 學會，倫敦，1957年，編號237，圖版63
in front of large stems of lotus issuing from rocks, bearing ten 《One Man’s Taste, Treasures from the Lakeside Pavilion》
blooms, carved in relief through the rich red lacquer down to ，The Galleries of the Baur Collection，日內瓦，1988-1989
a black guideline against a star-diaper ground and enclosed 年，編號L7，頁5上方
within a grooved, barbed quatrefoil band, the four corners with
four smaller phoenix in front of flowering chrysanthemum, 出版：
camellia, peony and pomegranate sprays, the exterior Helmut Brinker 及 Albert Lutz，《Chinese Cloisonné: The
carved with a matching composite floral scroll incorporating Pierre Uldry Collection》，倫敦，1989年（德語版，蘇黎
世，1985年），頁85，圖54
chrysanthemum, camellia, rose and pomegranate blooms,
the base lacquered brownish black and inscribed with a six-
character reign mark, incised in a vertical line and gilded
39 cm, 15⅜ in.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Sir Percival David (1892-1964).
Collection of Mrs Walter Sedgwick (1883-1967).
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980).
Collection of Mrs Virginia K. Chow.
Sotheby’s London, 16th May 2007, lot 77.
EXHIBITED
The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, The Arts Council of Great
Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1957, cat.
no. 237, illustrated pl. 63.
One Man’s Taste, Treasures from the Lakeside Pavilion, The
Galleries of the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1988-1989, cat. no.
L7 and p. 5 top.
LITERATURE
Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre
Uldry Collection, London, 1989 (German edition Zurich, 1985),
p. 85, fig. 54.

HK$ 12,000,000-15,000,000
US$ 1,530,000-1,920,000

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