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3184 ⛇俛℞㈀㘖⌉㭼⭖啷㚱ᶨ⮵䚠Ụ䘬㬋⽟湫慱䙴炻叿抬㕤⹟
哲⏃叿炻ΐ㔎1988⸜↢䇰˪Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi
A FINE MING YELLOW-ENAMELLED BOWL Saray Museum, Istanbul˫炻⌟Ḵ炻448枩炻䶐嘇775ˤ⎎㚱ᶨẞ
役Ụἳ啷㕤䵕⣂⇑Ṇ旧䇦ỗ䈡⌂䈑棐炻庱㕤John Ayers炻˪Far
ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum˫炻⚾155ˤ
A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521) Ṏ⎗㭼ṯ䃙ᷳ冲啷䘬ᶨẞ㬋⽟湫慱䙴炻⃰⼴ⓖ㕤楁㷗喯⭴
㭼炻1980⸜11㚰25㖍炻㉵⑩53嘇⍲楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿炻2002⸜10㚰
The bowl is finely potted with thin steep sides and a flared rim, 28㖍炻㉵⑩685嘇ˤ
resting on a slightly tapering foot. It is covered inside and out with
a translucent egg-yolk yellow enamel. The base is covered with a
transparent glaze of bluish tinge.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam., box

HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000

Compare to a pair of similar Zhengde-marked yellow-enamelled bowls
in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese
Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1988, vol. II,
p. 448, no. 775; another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated
by John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
pl. 155; and a third from the Edward T. Chow collection was sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot 53, and again at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 685.

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