Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'SIX FRUITS' BOWL
Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Diameter 11 9/16 inches (29.4 cm)
The thick walled bowl is plain on the interior, but painted on the exterior with six auspicious fruits above a lappet band at the base and six flowerhead sprays encircling the foot.
PROVENANCE:
Cunliffe Collection, Cunliffe Collection Label No. PM89
Bluett & Sons, 14 June 1971
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol 1, nos. 26, 27 and vol. 2, p. 53
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:
Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1954, no. 79
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, no. 143
CONDITION:
2 x 6 mm chip to edge of lip
Sold for $531,250
Estimated at $200,000 - $300,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'SIX FRUITS' BOWL
Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Diameter 11 9/16 inches (29.4 cm)
The thick walled bowl is plain on the interior, but painted on the exterior with six auspicious fruits above a lappet band at the base and six flowerhead sprays encircling the foot.
PROVENANCE:
Cunliffe Collection, Cunliffe Collection Label No. PM89
Bluett & Sons, 14 June 1971
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol 1, nos. 26, 27 and vol. 2, p. 53
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:
Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1954, no. 79
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, no. 143
CONDITION:
2 x 6 mm chip to edge of lip
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
