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A RARE AND FINELY PAINTED DOUCAI ‘FRUIT AND FLOWER’ BOWL

Lot 2707
30.11.2023 10:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 1 890 000
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Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1070493
Lot 2707 | A RARE AND FINELY PAINTED DOUCAI ‘FRUIT AND FLOWER’ BOWL
Estimate value
HKD 800 000 – 1 200 000
A RARE AND FINELY PAINTED DOUCAI ‘FRUIT AND FLOWER’ BOWL

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

6 ½ in. (16.4 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Collection of Edward T. Chow

Sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet (Hong Kong), The Edward T. Chow Collection: Part III, 19 May 1981, lot 430



Literature

- Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art in association with the Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 109

- Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art in association with the Art Gallery, Hong Kong, Taipei, 1982, p.109

- Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 79

- Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4: Ming Official Wares, Taipei, 1991, p. 286

- Chugoku meito ten: Chugoku toji 2000-nen no seika [Exhibition of Chinese Pottery: Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics], Tokyo, 1992, p. 100, no. 99

- Sotheby’s Hong Kong –Twenty Years, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 124, no. 126

- Ming and Qing Polychrome Wares from the Collection of the Tianminlou Foundation, Shanghai, 1994, no. 5

- The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures: Min Chiu Society Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong, 2010, p. 297, no. 154



Exhibited

- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art in association with the Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 19 December 1981 to 18 February 1982, p.109

- National Museum of History, Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art in association with the Art Gallery, Hong Kong, Taipei, 20 April-30 May 1982, p.109

- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 79

- Chugoku meito ten: Chugoku toji 2000-nen no seika [Exhibition of Chinese Pottery: Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics], Japan, 9 April – 23 November 1992, no. 99

- Christie’s Shanghai, Ming and Qing Polychrome Wares from the Collection of the Tianminlou Foundation, Shanghai, 23-25 April 1994, no.5

- Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures: Min Chiu Society Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong, 25 September 2010 – 2 January 2011, no. 154
Historical era:Wanli period
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