15th Century Blue and White
Bowl
Early
Ming
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15 centimeters diameter, 6 centimeters
height
Fine condition
| Classic early Ming underwater scene. The interior
shows a single shrimp surrounded by four sprigs of eel-grass, a
branch of stonewort, a water-chestnut grouping, and a single sprig
of duckweed. A classic scroll borders the lip.
The exterior shows three shrimp divided by the
same water plants as the interior. Early Ming, and quite possibly from the
Interregnum
period. |
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Note:
This style of classic scroll border, as well as
that of the earlier Yuan dynasty, is of a simpler form. Later reigns
seemed to crowd the design with a much more compact version versus the delicate,
open, almost calligraphic style seen here. |
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