A SMALL UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED-DECORATED BOWL

细节

A SMALL UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED-DECORATED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

The thinly potted bowl painted on the exterior with four iron-red lotus blooms each issuing underglaze-blue tendrils between double-lines at the rim and a single-line around the foot
3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) diam.

拍品专文

A pair of winecups of this pattern is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, pl. 99. For the 15th-century origin of this design, compare the Chenghua cup included in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-hua Porcelain, 1977, Catalogue no. 26.

(US$5,000-6,500)