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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE 明宣德 釉裏紅三魚紋高足盃
COLLECTION 《大明宣德年製》款

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE 來源：
COPPER-RED ‘THREE FISH’ STEM 倫敦蘇富比1954年11月9日，編號71
CUP 倫敦佳士得1975年12月8日，編號130
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE 仇焱之（1910-80年）收藏
香港蘇富比1980年11月25日，編號45
exquisitely potted with steep rounded sides rising 趙從衍（1912-99年）家族收藏
to a flared rim, supported on a hollow splayed 香港蘇富比1986年11月18日，編號30
foot, the exterior precisely applied with thick 香港蘇富比2006年4月10日，編號1661
copper-red splashes with a vibrant design of
three stylised fish depicted in silhouette, two of 展覽：
the fish portrayed facing each other, the other 哈佛大學賽克勒博物館，麻薩諸塞州劍
swimming in the opposite direction of the other 橋，2007-13年，借展
two, creating the illusion of three different pairs 納爾遜．阿特金斯藝術館，密蘇里州堪薩斯
of fish, covered overall save for the footring with 城，2013-15年，借展
a translucent glaze with a characteristic ‘orange
peel’ surface, the unglazed footring showcasing
the smooth white body, the interior of the cup
inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character
reign mark within a double circle
d. 11.7 cm, 4⅝ in.

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s London, 9th November 1954, lot 71.
Christie’s London, 8th December 1975, lot 130.
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-80).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot
45.
Family Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-99).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18th November 1986, lot
30.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 10th April 2006, lot 1661.

EXHIBITED

The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Art
Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007-13,
on loan.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
Minnesota, 2013-15, on loan.

HK$ 30,000,000-40,000,000
US$ 3,870,000-5,160,000

Mark
60 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比