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Lot Essay
This ducks-in-lotus-pond theme was typical of the decorative style of the Ming dynasty. A bowl with a very similar decoration excavated from the Zhengtong stratum of the Imperial kiln site at Jingdezhen is illustrated by R. Scott, Orientations, April 1992, fig. 12; and for a Xuande prototype of this pattern, cf. Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated from the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, Hong Kong, 1989, no. 89.
A very similar pair of bowls decorated with ducks in lotus ponds can be found in Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 1973 - February 1974, pl 90; and another pair were sold in the E. T. Chow Collection at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 May 1990, lot 288. A single bowl of this pattern was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 3023.
A very similar pair of bowls decorated with ducks in lotus ponds can be found in Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 1973 - February 1974, pl 90; and another pair were sold in the E. T. Chow Collection at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 May 1990, lot 288. A single bowl of this pattern was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 3023.