HONGZHI PERIOD OR EARLIER, 15TH CENTURY

Details

A BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' STEM BOWL
HONGZHI PERIOD OR EARLIER, 15TH CENTURY
6 in. (15 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Collection of Alfred and Ivy Clark, no.274
Spink & Son, London
Collection of Ove Stenbeck
Sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2010, lot 380

Literature

Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.186-191, no.28

Exhibited

Spink & Son, Blue and White Porcelain from the collection of Mrs Alfred Clark, London, 16 – 31 October 1974, cat. no. 31
Den Befriade Penseln: 300 År av Kinesiskt Porslin och Konsthantverk. Collection Stenbeck, Finland, 4 June - 3 September 2000
Hong Kong Museum of History, The Radiant Ming 1368-1644 through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, cat. no. 268

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Lot Essay

The deep rounded bowl is thinly potted rising from a slightly splayed foot, painted around the exterior in soft tones of blue depicting four carp swimming leisurely amidst aquatic plants, the interior medallion is painted with a carp within double circles.

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