A blue and white lobed bowl, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, Interregnum period
Lot 3159. A blue and white lobed bowl, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, Interregnum period. Estimation 500,000-700,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's
the eight-lobed rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, flaring to a rim of conforming form, vividly painted in deep 'heaping and piling' cobalt tones, the interior with a central medallion of a scholar seated on a rocky promontory encircled by tumultuous waves, below four lança characters around the cavetto and a frieze of lança at the rim, the exterior with a similar scene of a seated scholar and attendant on a rocky outcrop amidst swirling clouds opposite leafy bamboos on the reverse, between a band of key-fret above the foot and crested waves interspersed with cartouches of auspicious emblems at the rim; 26 cm., 10 1/4 in.
Sotheby's.. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong | 04 avr. 2012 www.sothebys.com