A BLUE AND WHITE CONICAL BOWL painted in the early Ming style with sprays of peony, lotus and chrysanthemum around a central medallion and below a band of flower-heads at a foliate rim, the exterior painted with six fruit sprays above a band of smaller flower-sprays (rim chipped and fritted); and another conical blue and white bowl painted with scholars (rim chip and crack), both Kangxi | Christie's

Lot 15

A BLUE AND WHITE CONICAL BOWL painted in the early Ming style with sprays of peony, lotus and chrysanthemum around a central medallion and below a band of flower-heads at a foliate rim, the exterior painted with six fruit sprays above a band of smaller flower-sprays (rim chipped and fritted); and another conical blue and white bowl painted with scholars (rim chip and crack), both Kangxi

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A BLUE AND WHITE CONICAL BOWL painted in the early Ming style with sprays of peony, lotus and chrysanthemum around a central medallion and below a band of flower-heads at a foliate rim, the exterior painted with six fruit sprays above a band of smaller flower-sprays (rim chipped and fritted); and another conical blue and white bowl painted with scholars (rim chip and crack), both Kangxi
respectively 23cm. and 22cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The shape of the first bowl is based on the well-known Xuande conical bowls; cf. the example from the Palmer Collection, 17 Januari 1989, lot 567, Christie's, Hong Kong.

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