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3183 Mathias Komor炻䲸䲬炻1951⸜12㚰
Pauline and Johnny Falk䍵啷炻啷⑩䶐嘇255炻䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿炻
A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOYS’ DISH ˪The Falk Collection I: Important Chinese Ceramics and Works
of Art˫炻⚾抬㖍㛇2001⸜9㚰20㖍炻㉵⑩141嘇
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1522-1566) 厗伶⋼忚䣦炻˪The Art of China’s Children˫炻䲸䲬炻1991

The dish with shallow rounded sides is finely painted in cobalt blue
on the interior with a medallion of four boys playing in a garden,
three shown seated on the ground with various vessels, while the
fourth stands holding a cup. The exterior is further decorated
with pairs of boys separated by pine trees, rocks and plantains in a
continuous landscape, all within double-line borders.
6 À/”ÿ in. (15.6cm.) diam., box.

HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000

PROVENANCE

Mathias Komor, New York, December 1951
Pauline and Johnny Falk Collection, no. 255, sold at Christie’s
New York, The Falk Collection I: Important Chinese Ceramics
and Works of Art, catalogue date 20 September 2001, lot 141

EXHIBITED

China House Gallery, China Institute in America, The Art of
China’s Children, New York, 1991

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