Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
77
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL
Diameter 6 inches (15.2 cm)
Decorated on the exterior and interior with a cellwork band above a wide, scrolling foliate band, the bowl is painted in the cavetto with a pool of water with lotuses and water plants. The deep blue pigment is suffused evenly with fine points of 'heaping and piling.' 'Snowflake' mark under the foot.
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1978, lot 468
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
National Palace Museum, Taiwan, Catalogue, Blue and White Wares of the Ming Dynasty, Book II (Part 2) pl. 54
Shanghai Museum of Art, illustrated, Mayuyama, Chugoku Bunbutsu Kenbun, pl. 159
CONDITION:
Small restored rim chip
Sold for $137,500
Estimated at $30,000 - $40,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL
Diameter 6 inches (15.2 cm)
Decorated on the exterior and interior with a cellwork band above a wide, scrolling foliate band, the bowl is painted in the cavetto with a pool of water with lotuses and water plants. The deep blue pigment is suffused evenly with fine points of 'heaping and piling.' 'Snowflake' mark under the foot.
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1978, lot 468
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
National Palace Museum, Taiwan, Catalogue, Blue and White Wares of the Ming Dynasty, Book II (Part 2) pl. 54
Shanghai Museum of Art, illustrated, Mayuyama, Chugoku Bunbutsu Kenbun, pl. 159
CONDITION:
Small restored rim chip
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
