Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL
Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Diameter 11 5/8 inches (29.5 cm)
The thick walled bowl is void of interior decoration, but painted on the exterior with a peony scroll of eight flowerheads above a lappet band at the base and running foliage encircling the foot.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol. 1, nos. 26, 27 and 2, p. 53
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 406 (with scroll band on the foot)
Phoenix Art Museum, Chinese Ceramics The Wong Collection, no. 39, p. 22
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, 1998, nos. 42, 44-46, 49
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 136
CONDITION:
Good state
Sold for $225,000
Estimated at $100,000 - $150,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL
Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Diameter 11 5/8 inches (29.5 cm)
The thick walled bowl is void of interior decoration, but painted on the exterior with a peony scroll of eight flowerheads above a lappet band at the base and running foliage encircling the foot.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol. 1, nos. 26, 27 and 2, p. 53
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 406 (with scroll band on the foot)
Phoenix Art Museum, Chinese Ceramics The Wong Collection, no. 39, p. 22
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, 1998, nos. 42, 44-46, 49
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 136
CONDITION:
Good state
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
