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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘MUSK-MALLOW, LOTUS AND This elegant bowl was inspired by the exquisite designs from the
POMEGRANATE’ BOWL celebrated Chenghua period. ‘Palace’ bowls of the Chenghua period,
Jiajing six-character mark, Kangxi/Yongzheng decorated with similar undulating scrolls of musk-mallows, appear to
Elegantly potted with smooth rounded sides gently flaring at have served as the prototype for the present vessel. These bowls were
the rim, decorated at the centre with a pomegranate medallion, characterised by outstanding craftmanship and perfectly balanced
the exterior finely painted in deep washes of cobalt-blue with a proportions. During the Kangxi and Yongzheng reigns, great efforts were
continuous floral scroll alternating blooms of musk-mallows devoted to creating subtle and elegant porcelain wares. The Kangxi and
and lotus scrolls issuing leafy meander with smaller buds and Yongzheng emperors prompted the creation of refined vessels which
leaves ending with curved and serrated edges, the base with faithfully captured the spirit of the much celebrated classic wares of the
six-character mark within a double circle. Song dynasty and the much-celebrated Imperial style of the Yongle,
15cm (5 7/8in) diam. Xuande and Chenghua reigns of the early to mid Ming dynasty.

£4,000 - 6,000 See a related bowl with design of interlocking floral sprays, Kangxi, in the
CNY36,000 - 54,000 Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red
(III), Hong Kong, 2000, p.76, no.66. See also a blue and white ‘day-lily’
清康熙/雍正 青花花果紋盌 bowl, Chenghua mark, Yongzheng, in the Percival David Collection,
青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款 British Museum, London, illustrated by S.Pierson, Illustrated Catalogue
of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red in the Percival David Foundation of
Provenance: Eskenazi, Milan Chinese Art, London, 2004, p.72.
A distinguished Italian private collection
See a related blue and white ‘Palace bowl’ decorated with musk-
來源：意大利米蘭古董商，Eskenazi mallows, Chenghua mark, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie’s New
意大利傑出私人收藏 York, 25 September 2020, lot 1574.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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