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A BLUE AND WHITE LOBED ‘SANDUO’ BOWL 明宣德 後礬紅地青花折枝花果紋笠式葵口盌
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE, WITH 《大明宣德年製》款
LATER ADDED IRON-RED ENAMEL
來源：
of conical form, the flared sides rising from a short foot to a Emil Hultmark (1872-1943年) 舊藏，此後家族傳承
six-lobed rim, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a
central medallion containing a flowering and fruiting peach
branch, surrounded by three sprigs of lotus flowers alternating
with sprays of tree peony, chrysanthemum and herbaceous
peony, all beneath a row of small floral sprigs at the rim, the
exterior similarly decorated with detached sprays of fruits
and flowers, the foot encircled with a classic scroll, the base
inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande reign mark within a
double circle
22.8 cm, 9 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), and thence by
descent in the family.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,500

Whereas Yongle blue and white is still characterised by exhibitions Ming Xuande ciqi tezhan mulu/Catalogue of a
many large items created for export, in the Xuande reign Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te Period Porcelain, Taipei, 1980,
the products of the imperial workshops were geared for the no.36, and Mingdai Xuande guanyao jinghua tezhan tulu/
imperial house both in size and in taste, exquisitely finished Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsüan-te
and inscribed with the imperial reign mark. Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, no. 62.
Other Xuande mark and period blue and white bowls rendered The iron-red enamel ground on this bowl appears to be a later
in this design, include one from the Woodthorpe collection, addition, also because no other example of such bowl with an
sold in our London rooms 5th June 1956, lot 112, together with iron-red ground is published. In fact, Xuande mark and period
a bowl from the collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, sold in vessels adorned with an iron-red ground are exceedingly
our London rooms, 21st November 1961, lot 36, both included rare, the only recorded example appears to be a jardinière
in Mostra d’Arte Cinese/Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo excavated in 1988 from the imperial kiln site in Zhushan (fig.
Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. nos 642 and 643; and another from 1), illustrated in Imperial Porcelains from the Reign of Xuande
the Pilkington collection, sold more recently in these rooms, in the Ming Dynasty: A Comparison of Porcelains from the
6th April 2016, lot 20. Imperial Kiln Site At Jingdezhen and the Imperial Collection of
the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2015, no. 95. More commonly,
Bowls of this design are also preserved in the two Palace however, iron red is employed as part of the painted
Museums, including one from the Qing court collection,
illustrated in Geng Baochang, ed., Gugong Bowuyuan cang decoration, as seen on two iron-red and underglaze-blue
Ming chu qinghua ci [Early Ming blue and white porcelain in the dragon bowls in the Taipei Palace Museum, published in Minji
meihin zuroku, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1977, pls 96 and 97, where the red
Palace Museum], Beijing, 2002, vol. 2, pl. 146; two such bowls is used to define the waves and the dragons respectively.
in the Taipei Palace Museum were included in the Museum’s

Mark fig. 1
Jardinière excavated in 1988 from the imperial kiln site in
Zhushan, Palace Museum Beijing
圖一
1988年景德鎮珠山出土之宣德青花地礬紅彩寶相花花盆，北
京故宮博物院藏
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