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明 A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’ BOWL
《
大 嘉 MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING
明 靖
嘉

靖 青 the curved rounded sides rising from a domed base, painted to the exterior in bright cobalt-
blue tones, depicting a pair of phoenix in flight amongst a composite floral meander, the
年 花 interior similarly painted with a central medallion enclosing a single phoenix, below a frieze
of four further phoenix each grasping a floral spray in its beak around the rim, the concave
製 鳳 base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
《 13 cm, 5⅛ in.
款 穿
牡
丹 HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,300-23,000
臥
足
盌

PROVENANCE 來源：
Sotheby’s London, 14th December 1976, lot 110. 倫敦蘇富比1976年12月14日，編號110
P.C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, 1979. 魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1979年
Christie’s New York, 20th September 2005, lot 257.
紐約佳士得2005年9月20日，編號257

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