ID 960177
Lot 2805 | A RARE LARGE YELLOW-GROUND AND RED-ENAMELLED 'PHOENIX’ BOWL
Estimate value
HKD 100 000 – 150 000
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with two phoenixes in flight above a row of upward lappets around the foot. The interior is applied with red enamel around the mouth as a wide band and leaving the yellow center.
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Bluett & Sons, London, October 1926, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 38
Literature
Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 42-43, no. 10
Exhibited
London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 1950, no. 158, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Jiajing period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Jiajing period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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