A BLUE AND WHITE 'MEDALLION' BOWL, WANLI MARK AND PERIOD

Auction Closed

September 23, 08:35 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A BLUE AND WHITE 'MEDALLION' BOWL

WANLI MARK AND PERIOD

明萬曆青花開光花果紋盌《萬曆年製玉堂佳器》款

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a gently flared rim, richly painted to the exterior in bright cobalt blue tones, with four roundels of pomegranate, camellia, peach and peony sprigs, divided by pairs of cloud motifs, the interior with a central medallion enclosing camellia sprigs, the base inscribed with a Wanli nianzhi yutang jiaqi (beautiful vessel for the jade hall) mark within a double circle

Diameter 5 ½ in., 14 cm

Robert McPherson, London, 2009.

Collection of Roy Louis Byrnes (1924-2019), and thence by descent.

來源

Robert McPherson，倫敦，2009年

Roy Louis Byrnes (1924-2019) 收藏，此後家族傳承

Shallow bowls of this pattern with this mark are rare, although a closely related example from the collection of Daniel Lee was included in the exhibition The Fame of Flame. Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2009, cat. no. 73. See also a bowl with this mark, but painted with dragon roundels, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th April 2012, lot 3165.