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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS AND FISH’ BOWL
Chenghua/Hongzhi
With deep rounded sides rising to a gently everted rim, the exterior
boldly painted in shades of cobalt blue with six large blossoming lotus
amidst an undulating meander, the interior with four fish separated
by floral sprigs above foaming and crashing waves, the well with a
swimming carp amidst billowing clouds.
21.6cm (8 1/2in) diam.
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000
明成化/弘治 青花外番蓮內魚藻紋盌

Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 28 November 1972, lot 167
An English private collection, and thence by descent

來源：1972年11月28日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品167號
英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a dish decorated with a similar design, mid Chenghua
period, illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua: Imperial Porcelain of the
Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, Hong Kong,
1993, pp.150-151, no.B31.

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