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    Hong Kong

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    27 November 2007

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    • A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE DEE
    Lot 1744

    A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL

    Price realised

    HKD 223,500

    Estimate

    HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000

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    A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL
    JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

    The deep rounded sides well-painted in inky purple tones to the exterior with four evenly-spaced carp swimming among lotus and aquatic reeds, the interior with a central dragon roundel below a band containing a phoenix and a dragon encircling the rim within double lines
    5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diam.

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    Lot Essay

    Compare with a bowl of similar size and with the same design to the exterior but with a fish roundel to the interior sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 May 2002, lot 571.

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