A FINE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'HUNDRED BOYS' BOWL

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A FINE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'HUNDRED BOYS' BOWL
CHENGHUA

Of deep rounded form, well painted in soft tones of underglaze-blue with a continuous scene of boys at play in a fenced garden, all above a band of key-fret encircling the foot, the interior with a double-line border just beneath the rim--8 3/8 in. (21.2cm.) diam., box

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A similar bowl is illustrated in Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, col. pl. 49; and another similar example is in the Percival David Foundation, included in the Anniversary Exhibition, Catalogue, 1992, p. 56, no. 47; another was sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 749

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