California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 14, 2014  June 14, 2014

 Lot # 101 
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL    明末 大明崇禎年製 青花山水人物花卉紋碗 (口沿有爆釉)


  • Dimension: D: 8 3/8 in (21.3 cm) H: 3 3/4 in (9.6 cm)
  • Estimate From: $20000
  • Estimate To: $25000

The blue and white bowl's exterior depicts a scene of scholars conversing and resting in an outside setting with flowers, trees, and rockworks, the interior depicts butterflies flying amidst flower trees and plants. Bottom bears six character "DAMING CHONGZHEN NIANZHI" mark. Late Ming Dynasty period.


崇禎年製碗帶款之青花碗十分少見,類似藏品請參照蘇富比1981年《太仓仇氏抗希斋曾藏珍品》一書。另附早年香港雅韻齋証書一份
Chongzhen-period bowls with Chongzhen marks are exceptionally rare. Please compare to one of the very few examples illustrated in Sotheby’s Edward Chow Collection Chinese Ceramics Vol, Hong Kong, 1981 and also included in Baochang Geng's Ming Qing Ci Qi Jian Ding p.338.