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Lot Essay
Compare the present lot with a similar early fifteenth-century celadon bowl from the Jack Chia Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 634.
The carved decoration on this bowl relates closely to the designs found on blue and white bowls of the time. There are numerous examples of Yongle and Xuande porcelain bowls with dense lotus scrolls or composite floral scrolls on the exterior and on the interior encircling a central floral medallion. One such example is the Yongle bowl from the Riesco Collection offered by Christie's Hong Kong on 27 November 2013, Sale 3266, lot 3106; another Yongle blue and white example is illustrated by John A. Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington D.C., 1956, pl. 47 (top left).
The carved decoration on this bowl relates closely to the designs found on blue and white bowls of the time. There are numerous examples of Yongle and Xuande porcelain bowls with dense lotus scrolls or composite floral scrolls on the exterior and on the interior encircling a central floral medallion. One such example is the Yongle bowl from the Riesco Collection offered by Christie's Hong Kong on 27 November 2013, Sale 3266, lot 3106; another Yongle blue and white example is illustrated by John A. Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington D.C., 1956, pl. 47 (top left).