YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1424)

Details

A LARGE WHITE-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED DEEP BOWL, LIANZIWAN
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1424)
The bowl is finely potted with deep rounded sides finely incised on the exterior with a band of leafy scroll alternately bearing chrysanthemum and camellia blossoms below a key-fret border at the rim. The center of the interior is decorated with a chrysanthemum sprig below a band of lotus petals that rise towards a frieze of stylized waves at the rim. The bowl is covered overall with a glaze of subtle bluish tone.
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 4 December 1985, lot 229.

Exhibited

Sydney, Australia, Chinese Porcelains of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1977, no. 11.

Lot Essay

For another Yongle bowl of this shape and size, with related anhua decoration, see the example from the Falk Collection sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2001, lot 132. On the Falk bowl, the lotus petals are incised on the exterior, while a similar flower scroll bearing alternating chrysanthemum and peony blossoms is on the interior between a chrysanthemum sprig in the center and a band of waves at the rim.

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