Lot Essay
(US$4,000-5,000)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A BLUE AND WHITE 'BOYS' BOWL
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE 'BOYS' BOWL
CIRCA 1500
Painted to the exterior with groups of boys at play within a garden setting with billowing clouds overhead, the rim with a border of five phoenix separated by fire-scrolls, the interior roundel painted with a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, the inner rim with a lotus meander borne on leafy tendrils, the cobalt of inky-blue tones (chips and cracks)
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1500
Painted to the exterior with groups of boys at play within a garden setting with billowing clouds overhead, the rim with a border of five phoenix separated by fire-scrolls, the interior roundel painted with a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, the inner rim with a lotus meander borne on leafy tendrils, the cobalt of inky-blue tones (chips and cracks)
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.