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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The deep sides are boldly decorated on the exterior with two scenes of the 'Three Friends of Winter' (prunus, pine and bamboo), the scenes divided by two tall rock formations, and with a pair of birds perched in the branches of the prunus trees, while in the center of the interior is a medallion of a hawk perched on a rock between two rocks within a double circle, below a band of birds perched on four flowering branches separated by flying insects.
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) diam.
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The deep sides are boldly decorated on the exterior with two scenes of the 'Three Friends of Winter' (prunus, pine and bamboo), the scenes divided by two tall rock formations, and with a pair of birds perched in the branches of the prunus trees, while in the center of the interior is a medallion of a hawk perched on a rock between two rocks within a double circle, below a band of birds perched on four flowering branches separated by flying insects.
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Private American collection, acquired in the 1960s.