Un exceptionnel bol à décoration incisée - Dynastie Ming, époque Yongle (1403-1424)

An incised white-glazed bowl, Ming dynasty, Yongle period.

Très finement façonné sur un petit pied droit, les côtés s'ouvrant vers un rebord évasé, l'intérieur incisé d'un médaillon à décor de camélias, le contour de rinceaux de roses, sous une couverte irrégulière translucide de type tianbai, la base circulaire non émaillée. diam. 21.3cm, 8 3/8 in. Estimate: 25,000—30,000 EUR

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 210.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 668.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including The Carl Kempe Collection. The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, p. 269, no. 859.

CATALOGUE NOTE: It is extremely rare to find Yongle period white-glazed bowls of this elegant form and incised decoration of peony flowers, although a closely comparable slightly smaller piece, incised on the exterior with a leafy composite scroll bearing three chrysanthemum blossoms alternating with mallow and camellia below a key fret border around the rim, possibly from the Kenneth Malcolm collection and illustrated in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948-49, pl. 25, no. 108, was sold at Christie's London, 17^th June 2003, lot 18.

See further two bowls of this type, from the Wu Lai-hsi collection, incised with the flower scroll pattern and a key fret border sold in our London rooms, 26^th May 1937, lots 107 and 108; and another bowl, from the Clark collection, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, cat. no. 9, also sold in our London rooms, 26^th June 1973, lot 247.

Sotheby's Paris. From Neolithic to Qing, Chinese Ceramics from Two Private Collections. 12 Jun 08 10:30 AM