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AN OUTSTANDING AND EXTREMELY RARE 明永樂 冬青釉高足盌
WINTERGREEN-GLAZED STEM BOWL
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD
finely potted, the bowl with steep rounded sides rising to a
gently flaring rim, all supported on a splayed hollow stem
with a raised horizontal ridge simulating bamboo node,
delicately applied with a superbly fired flawless, translucent
wintergreen glaze of ideal tone, thinning to white at the rim
and subtly pooling to a darker shade above the foot, at the
joint between the stem and the bowl, along the raised ridge
and just below the rim, the interior of the stem applied with
a transparent glaze slightly tinged to green, the footring left
unglazed revealing a smooth pure white biscuit
d. 16.3 cm, 6⅜ in.
HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000
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