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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 785
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' BOWL, MING DYNASTY, TIANQI / CHONGZHEN PERIOD
Estimate: 15,000 - 18,000 USD
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' BOWL
MING DYNASTY, TIANQI / CHONGZHEN PERIOD
明天啟 / 崇禎 青花人物故事圖大盌
the deep rounded sides supported on a slightly tapered foot, the exterior painted in inky cobalt tones, one side with a young
official traveling with a group of military officers carrying a palanquin, another side with two boys leading a buffalo by a cord tied to
the animal's nose, amid swirling clouds obscuring the mountainous landscape and dividing the scenes, the interior centered with a
medallion enclosing a scholar reading beneath a rocky overhang, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in
underglaze blue within a double circle, the rim bound in metal, Japanese lacquer cover and Japanese wood box (4)
及 日本 漆蓋
Diameter 14⅛ in., 35.9 cm
Exhibition
Kessei Go-shunen-kinen Mizusashi Hanaire ten [Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Water Containers and Flower Vases], Shadanhojin
Nihon Toji Kyokai, Himeji, 1971.
展覽
《結成五周年紀念水指花入れ》，社団法人日本陶磁協会，姬路市，1971年
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