A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE FISH BOWL

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE FISH BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The stoutly potted sides slightly rounded and flared towards the molded rim, painted in vibrant violet-blue tones with two sinuous five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, all within double-line borders, the nianhao written in a line below the rim
30 in. (76 cm.) diam., wood stand

來源

Christie's, New York, 2 December 1994, lot 380.

拍品專文

A fish bowl of this date and pattern, but of smaller size, was included in the exhibition, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, no. 21; and another example of this pattern is illustrated in Ming dai taoci daquan, Taiwan, 1987, p. 317.

The large size of these dragon fish bowls made them particularly difficult to manufacture. See R. L. Hobson, The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1923, pp. 19 and 110, where it is mentioned that this type of ware required up to nine days firing and that the low rate of success often drove the imperial potters to despair.