Lot 131 A rare Chinese blue and white 'Flower Basket' shallow bowl

A rare Chinese blue and white 'Flower Basket' shallow bowl

Wanli

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€ 2.500 – € 5.000

OH: H. 2,9 cm, Diam. 8,4 cm

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The finely potted shallow bowl has gently rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim and is delicately painted in the centre with a basket filled with fruit and flowers, all executed in vibrant tones of underglaze cobalt blue. The interior rim is decorated with a band of three flying cranes interspersed with ruyi motifs and clouds. The exterior is painted with two inverted trees extending from the upper rim, each bearing a bird. The base bears the rare Egret mark. This mark is executed with a more spontaneous and stylised brushwork.
此碗胎體輕薄，淺弧腹，口沿微撇。碗心以鮮麗青花繪花果籃，籃內花卉果實繁盛。內壁近口沿處環繪三隻飛鶴，間飾如意雲頭與流雲。外壁繪兩株自口沿向下倒生的樹木，枝頭各棲一鳥。底部書罕見的「白鷺款」，運筆較為率意，造型亦具程式化特徵。
Reference:
For related examples, see Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of Trade' pp. 206-207, pl. 267a-b; Katharine Butler and Teresa Canepa, 'Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-century Chinese Porcelain', p. 75, figs. III.1.20-21.
Provenance:
The Demets Collection, Aalst, no. 53.
March Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2013 and accompanied by a copy of their original invoice. (see added scans)