Lot Essay
Similar examples from important public collections are illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol. 6, pl. 88, from the Percival David Foundation; in op. cit., vol. 9, pl. 102, from the Freer Gallery of Art; in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Catalogue, pl. LI, from the Avery Brundage Collection; in Shanghai Bowuguan, pl. 105, from the Shanghai Museum of Art; and in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 65. Another was included in the National Palace Museum's Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te Wares, Catalogue, no. 36.
Two others from private collections were exhibited in the 'Marco Polo Seventh Centenary Exhibition', Venice, 1954, Catalogue, one from the Woodthrope collection, no. 642, the other from the Garner collection, no. 643; another bowl from the Woodthrope and Mayer collections was included in the O.C.S Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, London, 1954, Catalogue, no. 76; another is published in the Asia Society Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, pl. 73; a last from the Ataka collection is illustrated in 'Oriental Ceramic Exhibition', 1979, Catalogue, no. 102.
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Two others from private collections were exhibited in the 'Marco Polo Seventh Centenary Exhibition', Venice, 1954, Catalogue, one from the Woodthrope collection, no. 642, the other from the Garner collection, no. 643; another bowl from the Woodthrope and Mayer collections was included in the O.C.S Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, London, 1954, Catalogue, no. 76; another is published in the Asia Society Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, pl. 73; a last from the Ataka collection is illustrated in 'Oriental Ceramic Exhibition', 1979, Catalogue, no. 102.
(US$160,000-240,000)