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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 523

A BLUE AND WHITE 'MEDALLION' BOWL, WANLI MARK AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A BLUE AND WHITE 'MEDALLION' BOWL
WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
明萬曆 青花開光花果紋盌 《萬曆年製玉堂佳器》款

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a gently flared rim, richly painted to the exterior in bright cobalt blue
tones, with four roundels of pomegranate, camellia, peach and peony sprigs, divided by pairs of cloud motifs, the interior with a
central medallion enclosing camellia sprigs, the base inscribed with a Wanli nianzhi yutang jiaqi (beautiful vessel for the jade hall)
mark within a double circle

Diameter 5 ½ in., 14 cm

Provenance
Robert McPherson, London, 2009.
Collection of Roy Louis Byrnes (1924-2019), and thence by descent.

來源
Robert McPherson，倫敦，2009年
Roy Louis Byrnes (1924-2019) 收藏，此後家族傳承

Catalogue Note
Shallow bowls of this pattern with this mark are rare, although a closely related example from the collection of Daniel Lee was
included in the exhibition The Fame of Flame. Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, University Museum and Art Gallery,

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