Lot 57. A Blue and White 'Klapmuts' Bowl, Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period (1573-1619); 14.3cm., 5 5/8 in. Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 13,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

painted to the central interior with a shaped cartouche enclosing a vase in a terraced garden, the undecorated sides moulded with four shaped cartouches each enclosing a floral bloom against a diaper ground, the everted barbed rim moulded with a keyfret border; together with a blue and white dish painted with a grasshopper and a butterfly amongst floral branches, encircled with moulded petal-form borders, Ming dynasty, Tianqi period.

Provenance: Marchant, London (bowl).

Exhibited: Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period (circa 1620-1680 A.D.) from the Collection of Mr & Mrs Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1985, cat. no. 82 (dish).
From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 74 (bowl).

Sotheby's. Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson, London, 07 november 2012