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A RARE PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND GILT-DECORATED PROVENANCE:
KINRANDE 'CHILONG' BOWLS Private Japanese Collection
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1522-1566) Bowls of this design bearing a Jiajing mark would appear to be very rare.
A bowl decorated with peaches and bearing a Jiajing mark is illustrated by
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with two pairs of confronting chilong,
one in underglaze blue, the other in reserve with iron-red enamel highlights, Mayuyama in Seventy Years, Volume One, p.280, no. 839.
interspersed with underglaze blue sprigs of lingzhi fungus and with traces of
a leafy scroll gilt decoration below the rim. The interiors are decorated with a 明嘉靖 青花五彩描金螭龍紋碗一對 六字楷書款
central medallion enclosing a coiled chilong below a band of iron-red and pale
green enamel geometric design below the rim. 來源:
4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) (2) 日本私人舊藏
£6,000-8,000 US$7,700-10,000
€6,600-8,800

(marks)

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