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十 15. Imperial blue and white square bowl with gently flared rim and slightly inverted foot, painted on the exterior with four
五 lobed square medallions each with a camellia flower on a single branch amongst leaves and between a different pair of

the eight treasures on a lingzhi cloud-scroll ground, the interior painted in the well with a large shou-character within a
御 double square, beneath a band of eight lingzhi on a continuous scrolling branch at the rim.
製 12.3cm wide.
青 The base with six-character mark of Jiajing in underglaze blue and of the period, 1522-1566.
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八 • Formerly in a Japanese private collection.
寳 • Included by Christie’s in their auction at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Volume II, 15th February 1981, no. 347, p. 43.
花 • An identical bowl is illustrated by Peter Y. K. Lam and Li Sukyee in Enlightening Elegance, Imperial Porcelain of the
卉 Mid to Late Ming, The Huaihaitang Collection, no. 71, pp. 260/1.
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