Live Auction 18823Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
Lot 1819 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL

ZHENGDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)

Closed25 September 2020

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
ZHENGDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with the with four large lotus roundels below a narrow band of wan diaper, with a further lotus medallion on the bottom of the interior within a double circle.
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.

Christie's New York, 25 March 1998, lot 183.
Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 300.

Specialist note


A very similar bowl is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 35 - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 82, no. 76