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A LARGE WHITE-GLAZED BOWLLARGE WHITE-GLAZED BOWL
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XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF UANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The bowl is potted with deep, rounded sides rising from a low, circular foot, and is covered overall
with a white glaze that pools to a very pale blue above the foot.
8¿ in. (25.6 cm.) diam.
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Private collection, South America, acquired in the early 20th century.
A Xuande-marked bowl of similar form, but decorated with anhua decoration, is in the British Museum
and is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 122, no.
4:2. Hall states that the Xuande Emperor was in mourning for his father, the Hongzhi emperor, and
his grandfather, the Yongle emperor, when he ascended the throne in 1426. As white was the color of
mourning in China, a large quality of white utensils were likely ordered at this time to commemorate
the Emperor’s ancestors. Compare, also, another bowl published in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, (mark)
Tokyo, 1976, no. 769.
明宣德 白釉大盌 雙圈六字楷書款

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