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A RARE MING BLUE-GLAZED BOWL ENCIRCLED JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE MING BLUE-GLAZED BOWL ENCIRCLED JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, covered overall in a mottled deep cobalt-blue glaze, thinning at the rim and pooling towards the foot (tiny glaze chip restored)
5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) diam., box
Provenance

Lot Essay

Similar blue-glazed bowls bearing Jiajing reign marks are illustrated in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Eli Lilly Collection Catalogue, p. 337, fig. 11; and in Ming Porcelains by Joseph, pl. 105; another example in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, is illustrated by Wirgin, Chinese Ceramics from the Axel and Nora Lundgren Bequest, pl. 41b, no. 47. A similar bowl sold in Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 7.

(US$7,000-9,000)

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