明永樂 青花裏外纏枝花卉紋盌

finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently everted rim, well painted overall in deep tones of cobalt accented with 'heaping and piling' effect, the interior with a central medallion of lotus among pointed trefoil leaves, enclosed by a composite scroll of lotus, peony, camellia, chrysanthemum and hibiscus encircling the cavetto and a band of florets at the rim, all divided by line borders, the exterior similarly decorated with a continuous scroll of lotus, pomegranate, magnolia, peony and pomegranate alternating with attendant buds and leaves, above a row of lappets and a 'classic' scroll encircling the foot, and below a border of key-fret at the rim, the glazed base left plain

香港蘇富比1995年10月31日，編號366

There are five secured hairline cracks to the rim at 1 o'clock (0.8 cm.) , 2 o'clock (1.5 cm.), 7 o'clock (2.5 cm.) with adjacent restored nick, a pronged crack at 8 o'clock (approx. 2.5 cm.). There are some light scratches to the interior.
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A closely related example was included in the exhibition Beauty and Tranquillity. The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1983, cat. no. 90; one was exhibited in Ming Blue-and-White, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1949, illustrated in the Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, vol. XLIV, no. 223, Autumn 1949, pl. 46; another was sold in these rooms, 31^st October 1995, lot 368; and a fourth example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30^th October 1995, lot 696. A slightly larger bowl is illustrated in John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 47 (top left).