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PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE LOBED
‘FRUIT AND FLOWER’ BOWL
XUANDE MARK AND PERIOD
of conical form, well potted with the flaring sides rising from
a slightly tapered foot to a six-lobed rim, finely painted in
deep cobalt blue accentuated with characteristic ‘heaping
and piling’, the interior centered with a medallion enclosing
a flowering and fruiting peach branch, surrounded by three
sprigs of lotus flowers alternating with sprays of tree peony,
chrysanthemum, and herbaceous peony, all beneath a row of
small floral sprigs at the rim, the exterior with six fruit sprays
comprising peach, cherry, loquat, pomegranate, grape,
and lychee, alternating with six small floral sprays below
including camellia, chrysanthemum, lotus, rose, and peony,
the foot encircled with a band of classic scroll, the base
inscribed with a six-character reign mark, the cavetto with a
later incised character reading yi (righteousness)
Diameter 9 in., 22.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of a Canadian diplomat, acquired in Southeast
Asia between the 1950s and 1970s.
Canadian Private Collection.
⊖ $ 200,000-300,000

明宣德 青花折枝花果紋葵口碗
《大明宣德年製》款

來源
加拿大外交官收藏，1950年代至1970年代之間得於
東南亞
加拿大私人收藏

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