Lot Essay
The design on the present bowl is very rare, and only one other example appears to have been published, which is illustrated by Fujiooka Ryoichi in Min no Akae, vol. 27, 1962, p. 8, fig. 13.
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JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Details
A RARE POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED ‘FLORAL’ BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The bowl is decorated in overglaze turquoise, green, iron-red, yellow and aubergine with a composite floral scroll comprising peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, and lotus borne on an undulating leafy stem, above a classic scroll around the foot rim.
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The bowl is decorated in overglaze turquoise, green, iron-red, yellow and aubergine with a composite floral scroll comprising peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, and lotus borne on an undulating leafy stem, above a classic scroll around the foot rim.
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 1987, lot 237
Collection of Ise Hikonobu, Japan
Collection of Ise Hikonobu, Japan
Literature
Mingdai taoci daquan, Hong Kong, 1983, p.344
Exhibited
The Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, December 1981 - February 1982, Catalogue no. 103
Gotoh Museum, Imperial Colors: Peerless China Porcelains from Ise Collection, 27 June 2015 - 9 August 2015, Tokyo, Catalogue no. 17
Gotoh Museum, Imperial Colors: Peerless China Porcelains from Ise Collection, 27 June 2015 - 9 August 2015, Tokyo, Catalogue no. 17
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