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A SUPERBLY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE ‘DAY LILY’

PALACE BOWL
MARK AND PERIOD OF CHENGHUA

masterfully potted with deep rounded sides gracefully rising from a tapered foot to a gently everted rim, superbly painted in
characteristic soft tones of cobalt-blue washes outlined with a darker blue border, the rounded sides of the interior superbly and
freely decorated with a continuous undulating scroll forming a rounded lozenge and bearing four day lilies, each with five delicate
petals tapering to the tip, two blooms further rendered realistically with prominent upright stamens consisting of filaments
surmounted by pollen-bearing anthers, alternating with the other two blooms, the elegant design further punctuated with curling
slender blade-like leaves issuing from the meandering scroll, all below a double-line border and encircling a central double-line
medallion enclosing a floral bloom with overlapping petals, the frieze on the cavetto echoed on the exterior between two double-
line borders, the foot skirted with a further double-line band, all thinly veiled overall save for the unglazed footring with a most
exquisite unctuous glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
14.9 cm, 5⅞ in.

LITERATURE
Julian Thompson, The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009, pl. 14.

HK$ 50,000,000-70,000,000 Estimate Upon Request
US$ 6,380,000-8,930,000

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