CHENGHUA SIX CHARACTER MARK, CIRCA 1620-1640

Details

A blue and white deep bowl
Chenghua six character mark, circa 1620-1640
Painted to the interior with Shoulao riding upon a crane above crashing waves, the exterior with four twin figure roundels on a ground of characters, rim frittings
22.8 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

A similar bowl is illustrated in B. Harrison, Keramiek uit Azië, Museum Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, 1985, p.74, fig.74. This pattern is known from paintings by J. Linard dated 1621 en 1638; and also from the wreck of the Sao Gonzalo, which sank in 1630 near Cape Hope.

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