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2 juin 2015

An early Ming white-glazed anhua-decorated bowl, Xuande six-character mark and of the period (1426-1435)

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An early Ming white-glazed anhua-decorated bowl, Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1426-1435)

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Lot 3123. An early Ming white-glazed anhua-decorated bowl, Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1426-1435); 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diamEstimate HKD 700,000 – HKD 900,000Price realised HKD 1,180,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bowl is potted with deep rounded sides. It is intricately incised to the exterior with two bands of lotus petals below a frieze of stylised waves around the mouth rim. The interior is decorated with a medallion in the centre enclosing pomegranates and leaves within double-circles, under a keyfret border at the mouth rim. The bowl is covered overall with an even white glaze, Japanese wood box 

NoteCompare with three bowls of similar size but with composite scroll incised decoration on the interior, the first from the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, p. 361, no. 153; the second from the Cunliffe Collection, sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2002, lot 66; the third sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3727. Compare also to another similar Xuande-marked bowl with a lotus scroll on the interior from the Carl Kempe Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3981. 

CHRISTIE'S. THE IMPERIAL SALE & IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 3 June 2015, Convention Hall

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