A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE FISH BOWL

Property from the ALDER MANOR COLLECTION

细节

A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE FISH BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

The stoutly potted sides slightly rounded and flared toward the molded rim, painted in vibrant violet-blue tones with two sinuous five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, all within double-line borders, the nianhao written in a line below the rim, some glaze flakes--30in. (76cm.) diameter, wood stand

拍品专文

A fish bowl of this date and pattern, but of smaller size, was included in the exhibition, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai Museum, 1989, Catalogue no. 21; and yet another example of this pattern is illustrated in Ming Dai Taoci Daquan, Taiwan, 1987, p. 317