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39 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FLORAL SCROLL' BOWL,
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

明宣德 青花纏枝花卉紋盌
《大明宣德年製》款
finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flared rim, the exterior painted in shaded
tones of cobalt-blue with characteristic 'heaping and piling' with five lotus blooms borne on a leafy scroll meandering
around the bowl, all between bands of keyfret, stylised lotus lappets and classic scroll, the interior decorated with a
matching medallion wreathed by a composite floral scroll around the cavetto and a foliate border below the inner rim,
the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
17.5 cm

PROVENANCE 來源：
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-80). 仇焱之（1910-80年）收藏
Acquired from the above in the late 1960s. 1960年代末購自上述來源

LITERATURE 出版：
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Complete Helen D. Ling 及仇焱之，《抗希齋珍藏歷代名瓷影譜》，
Collection of Ming Dynasty Kingtehchen Porcelain 卷1，香港，1950年，圖版49（一對之一，圖右）
from the Hall of Disciplined Learning, vol. I, Hong
Kong, 1950, pl. 49 (one of a pair, right bowl).

HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 103,000-154,000

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