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AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND OUTSTANDING BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES IN GARDEN’ BOWL

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30.11.2023 10:30UTC +08:00
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Lot 2704 | AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND OUTSTANDING BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES IN GARDEN’ BOWL
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND OUTSTANDING BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES IN GARDEN’ BOWL

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

7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Acquired from Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, prior to 1985



Literature

- Anthology of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1985, p. 354, no. 149

- Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 20

- Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4: Ming Official Wares, Taipei, 1991, p. 102

- Chugoku meito ten: Chugoku toji 2000-nen no seika [Exhibition of Chinese Pottery: Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics], Tokyo, 1992, p. 84, no. 76

- Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Taipei, 1992, p.106-107, pl. 36

- Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, p. 102-103, no. 37

- The Radiant Ming, 1368-1644 Through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, p. 166, no. 116



Exhibited

- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Anthology of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong, 25 October 1985 – 15 January 1986, no. 149

- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 20

- Chang Foundation, Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, 1992, Taipei, no. 20

- 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. 76

- Shanghai Museum, Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, p. 102-103, no. 37

- Hong Kong Museum of History, The Radiant Ming, 1368-1644 Through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, no. 116
Historical era:Xuande period
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