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PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION
540
TWO WHITE GLAZED RETICULATED BOWLS
17th century
Each with rounded sides rising to an everted rim, delicately pierced
around the middle with a coin diaper band incorporating four lines
of the Northern Song dynasty poem shentong shi, the characters
arranged in alternating groups of three and two, and left unglazed to
reveal the biscuit, above a sgrafiatto band encircling the base, the
white glaze with a pale blue cast, the foot unglazed.
3 3/4in (8.5cm) diam. (2).
$3,000 - 5,000

十七世紀 白釉鏤空神童詩盌兩件

Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent

A nearly identical bowl with a coin design and poem is illustrated in
Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, 1998,
p. 229. Other similar bowls in the British Museum from the Percival
David collection are cataloged as Wanli period. A Ming dynasty,
early 17th century bowl made using a similar technique was sold at
Christie’s, New York, 25 March 2011, lot 1773.

PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION
541
A GLAZED RETICULATED BOWL AND COVER
17th century
The bowl potted with rounded sides gently flaring towards a galleried
rim, the middle encircled by a pierced honeycomb diaper band
interrupted by four circular panels, each pierced with a coin, the foot
ring enclosing an underglaze blue double circle on the foot, the cover
decorated en suite.
4 3/4in（12cm) diam. (2).
541
$3,000 - 5,000

十七世紀 白瓷鏤空金錢紋蓋盌

Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent

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