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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN COLLECTION 明宣德 青花海水雲龍紋高足盌
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ANHUA- 《大明宣德年製》款
DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’
STEM BOWL 來源：
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE 倫敦佳士得1968年4月1日，編號121
香港蘇富比1981年11月24日，編號65
well potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim
supported on a tall hollow foot slightly flaring at the base, 趙從衍（1912-1999年）收藏
the exterior superbly painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with 香港蘇富比1986年5月20日，編號15
a pair of scaly five-clawed dragons soaring sinuously, one 出版：
with its head turned back, the other with its head looking Adrian M. Joseph，《Ming Porcelains: their Origins and
forward, above a band of jagged rocks and reserved against Development》，倫敦，1971年，圖版28
a meticulously rendered ground of pale blue turbulent
waves, the stem similarly decorated with five jagged rocks Anthony du Boulay，《Christie’s Pictorial History of Chi-
rising from the base set against a pale blue wave ground, nese Ceramics》，倫敦，1984年，頁120，圖1
the interior inscribed in the centre with a six-character reign 《香港蘇富比二十週年》，香港，1993年，圖版61
mark within a double circle, enircled by a pair of striding
dragons rendered in the anhua technique around the sides
d. 15.6 cm, 6⅛ in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 1st April 1968, lot 121.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 24th November 1981, lot 65.
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20th May 1986, lot 15.
LITERATURE
Adrian M. Joseph, Ming Porcelains: their Origins and
Development, London, 1971, pl. 28.
Anthony du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese
Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 120, fig. 1.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong – Twenty Years, 1973-1993, Hong
Kong, 1993, pl. 61.

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