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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS AND FISH’ BOWL Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 28 November 1972, lot 167
Chenghua/Hongzhi An English private collection, and thence by descent
With deep rounded sides rising to a gently everted rim supported on
a short and slightly tapering foot, the exterior boldly painted in shades 來源：1972年11月28日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品167號
of cobalt blue with six large lotus flower heads borne on an undulating 英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
meander issuing foliate acanthus leaves, the interior decorated with
four mandarin fishes and breams separated by floral sprigs above The bowl is painted with four kinds of fish typical of the Chenghua
foaming and crashing waves, around a central medallion with a period: perch, black carp, predatory carp, and the common carp.
swimming carp amidst billowing clouds. Compare with a dish decorated with a similar design, mid Chenghua
21.6cm (8 1/2in) diam. period, illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua: Imperial Porcelain of the
Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, Hong Kong,
£10,000 - 15,000 1993, pp.150-151, no.B31.
CNY89,000 - 130,000

明成化/弘治 青花外番蓮內魚藻紋盌

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