Lot Essay
(US$4,000-5,000)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
THREE MING BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS
Details
THREE MING BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS
MING DYNASTY
Including a warming bowl with shallow inner and deep outer bowl, the interior painted with Zhongkui looking mad and throwing sticks into an old boot, his attendant bringing supplies, the exterior with cranes (chipped, hairlines), Jiajing/Longqing, 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam.; a stembowl with rounded sides and flaring rim, the exterior painted with a peony meander (hairlines), circa 1500, 6 1/2 in. (16 cm.) diam.; and a lianzi bowl with deep rounded sides and pointed base, the exterior painted with four lotus sprays (hairlines), circa 1500, 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) diam. (3)
MING DYNASTY
Including a warming bowl with shallow inner and deep outer bowl, the interior painted with Zhongkui looking mad and throwing sticks into an old boot, his attendant bringing supplies, the exterior with cranes (chipped, hairlines), Jiajing/Longqing, 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam.; a stembowl with rounded sides and flaring rim, the exterior painted with a peony meander (hairlines), circa 1500, 6 1/2 in. (16 cm.) diam.; and a lianzi bowl with deep rounded sides and pointed base, the exterior painted with four lotus sprays (hairlines), circa 1500, 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) diam. (3)