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YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
Details
A Fine Early Ming White-Glazed Bowl with Incised and Anhua Decoration, Lianci
Yongle period (1403-1425)
Finely potted with deep rounded sides incised on the exterior with leafy composite scroll bearing three chrysantheum blossoms alternating with mallow and camellia, below a keyfret border, the interior with anhua decoration of a small flower sprig below a wide band of lotus petals with molded outlines rising from the center to a narrow, wave band below the rim, all under a white glaze of subtle bluish tone
8 3/16in. (20.8cm.) diam., box and stand
Falk Collection no. 250.
Yongle period (1403-1425)
Finely potted with deep rounded sides incised on the exterior with leafy composite scroll bearing three chrysantheum blossoms alternating with mallow and camellia, below a keyfret border, the interior with anhua decoration of a small flower sprig below a wide band of lotus petals with molded outlines rising from the center to a narrow, wave band below the rim, all under a white glaze of subtle bluish tone
8 3/16in. (20.8cm.) diam., box and stand
Falk Collection no. 250.
Provenance
M.C. Wang Collection, Shanghai.
Edward T. Chow Collection.
Mathias Komor, 1953.
Edward T. Chow Collection.
Mathias Komor, 1953.
Literature
H.D. Ling and E.T. Chow, Collections of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall of Leisurely Pastime, in two volumes, Hong Kong, 1950, vol. II, no. 86, pp. 64-5, where it is described as a pair [with listing no. 207/collection no. 249].
M. Komor, Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, New York, 1951, no. 23, where it is also described as a pair [with listing no. 207/collection no. 249].
M. Komor, Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, New York, 1951, no. 23, where it is also described as a pair [with listing no. 207/collection no. 249].