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AN EXCEPTIONAL BLUE AND WHITE INDIAN ᒞᆔ٫ 㤎⩈⾿₝Ⰹ♄೬↢ 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
LOTUS ‘PALACE’ BOWL
⎾ᇤᖊऑ卿᳅ᆄ⭬卿஄㑷ǯം೅㬪Ɽ㱈⦞៨⸥⡠卿⥾ݪភ⏇㧷㇛⊹
CHENGHUA SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1465-1487) ⸥卿៨⹇෧ฌ⯦ཿǯݤ೅ݏ⡵ǯᄓ㛑㬪Ɽᝧ㫐஄ǸഌᚺᎰࢇჺㅳǹ
The thinly potted bowl is finely painted in exceptionally strong ᥓᝧ᪪ǯ
washed-blue tones around the exterior with an undulating
lotus scroll comprising six blooms, underneath a double-band Ϝᬜ
around the mouth and above two double-bands on the foot. The Ⲗஇ☆՞།ᚉⅧ⻦卿ᙻՀࢦӽ⡕ӳࢮ⶟ᆨᎰ
interior is left plain. The base is inscribed with the reign mark in
a double circle. The bowl is covered overall with clear glaze with
a lustrous, satiny sheen.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., box
HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$770,000-1,000,000
PROVENANCE
A private English family collection, formed before the mid-20th
century

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