A RARE DOUCAI 'FLORAL' BOWL, China, Wanli (1572-1620) mark and period
With deep, rounded sides rising from a gently tapering foot to a flared rim, it is painted on the inside with a central medallion enclosing tendrils wrapped in a flower formed by iron-red stamens enclosed in green clover leaves, the whole surrounded by double-line borders repeated on the rim; the outside is decorated with similar flowers supported by a wavy scroll with leaves above a ruyi band; the rim is bordered by a leaf chevron border In the centre of the base is the six-character mark in underglaze blue the Emperor Wanli within a double circle.
Provenance: from a private European collection.
Catalogue notes:
Bowls of this type are particularly rare and are developed from Chenghua (1464-1487) examples, which were particularly appreciated by the Wanli Emperor, so much so that they proliferated during his reign. A closely related example was included in the exhibition Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong, 1978, cat. no. 40.
Another example from the Pilkington collection was sold by Sotheby's, sale number HK0639, The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art, 05 April 2016, Hong Kong, lot. 48.
See also the bowl sold by Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art including Jades from the De An Tang Collection and Gardens of Pleasure - Erotic Art from the Bertholet Collection, 29 April 2022, Hong Kong, lot. 3635 and the bowl also sold at Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, 8 April 2023, Hong Kong, lot. 3698.
For a Chenghua example see the zhadou decorated with similar flowers with long stamens painted in underglaze blue in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., included in the exhibition Ming Porcelain in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1953, cat. no. 23.
See also doucai zhadou from the Zhengde period (1505-1521) sold at Sotheby's, sale number L12211, 07 November 2012, London, lot. 324.
* PREMIUM lot: only room or telephone bids are accepted for this lot, online participation will not be possible.
明万历 斗彩碗
来源：欧洲私人收藏。
类似藏品：皮尔金顿藏品由苏富比拍卖，拍卖编号 HK0639，皮尔金顿中国艺术珍藏，2016 年 4 月 5 日，香港，拍品 n.48.
另见苏富比拍卖中国艺术品，2022 年 4 月 29 日，香港，拍品n.3635
2023 年 4 月 8 日，香港，拍品n. 3698。
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