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A rare Arabic-inscribed white marble bowl, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period 明正德 大理石刻阿拉伯文盌

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November 30, 09:40 AM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A rare Arabic-inscribed white marble bowl,

Ming dynasty, Zhengde period

明正德 大理石刻阿拉伯文盌


carved with Arabic inscription قال علی رحم االله خذ ما صفا و دع ماقذر

阿拉伯文單詞合譯為:

「願阿拉憐憫的阿里說:『抓住那個光明的,遠離那個污穢的。』」


13.7 cm

See a related blue and white example in the Beijing Palace Museum collection, mark and period of Zhengde, illustrated in Geng Baochang, ed., Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 77.

正德官窯回文器皿中,雖有回文不寫在開光內的例子,但如本品直接填塞回文於器壁主紋飾之空白處的例子為數甚稀。可參考一相類青花阿拉伯文盌,為北京故宮博物院藏,底署《大明正德年製》款。器形及紋飾與本拍品一致,圖載於耿寶昌主編,《青花釉裡紅》(中),香港,2000年,圖版77。