A VERY RARE EARLY-MING BLUE AND WHITE `FRUIT` BOWL

Lot 2977
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 8 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 861978
Lot 2977 | A VERY RARE EARLY-MING BLUE AND WHITE 'FRUIT' BOWL
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HKD 8 000 000 – 12 000 000
A VERY RARE EARLY-MING BLUE AND WHITE 'FRUIT' BOWL

XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)

The bowl, heavily potted with rounded sides, is painted in rich underglaze-blue tones on the exterior with a frieze of fruiting branches of peach, pomegranate, loquat, grape, persimmon and crab apple, between a double line encircling the mouth rim and a band of upright lappets around the base, above the circular foot encircled by floral sprays.

11 in. (27.9 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Edward T. Chow (1910-1980)

The Edward T. Chow Collection, Part Three, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 406
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