LOT 279 Chenghua/Hongzhi A rare blue and white 'lotus and fish' bowl
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21.6cm (8 1/2in) diam.
Chenghua/Hongzhi|With deep rounded sides rising to a gently everted rim supported on a short and slightly tapering foot, the exterior boldly painted in shades of cobalt blue with six large lotus flower heads borne on an undulating meander issuing foliate acanthus leaves, the interior decorated with four mandarin fishes and breams separated by floral sprigs above foaming and crashing waves, around a central medallion with a swimming carp amidst billowing clouds.|21.6cm (8 1/2in) diam.|明成化/弘治 青花外番蓮內魚藻紋盌Provenance: Sotheby's London, 28 November 1972, lot 167An English private collection, and thence by descent來源:1972年11月28日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣,拍品167號英國私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今The bowl is painted with four kinds of fish typical of the Chenghua period: perch, black carp, predatory carp, and the common carp. Compare with a dish decorated with a similar design, mid Chenghua period, illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua: Imperial Porcelain of the Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, Hong Kong, 1993, pp.150-151, no.B31.
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2017年11月7-8日
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