AN UNUSUAL CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED 'FRUITS' BOWL

£3,000 - £5,000 £9,450

AN UNUSUAL CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED 'FRUITS' BOWL
SIX-CHARACTER XUANDE MARK BUT POSSIBLY KANGXI

The rounded sides finely incised with fruiting sprays of peach, grapes, crab apple, pomegranate, persimmon and loquat, reserved in white against a copper-red ground, with a band of lappets above the short straight foot, the interior also decorated with a copper-red glaze draining from the rim, 26.6cm.

Provenance: previously an English private collection, Shropshire.

The distinctive decoration on the present lot, with its variety of auspicious fruit, was a popular composition during the Xuande reign. Elegant floral motifs were particularly popular, characterised by a sophisticated stylisation of natural forms analysed in detail by Regina Krahl in her two articles 'Plant Motifs of Chinese Porcelain', Orientations: Chinese Ceramics 1982-1998, pp.138-165.

清康熙(可能) 霽紅留白暗刻花果紋碗
《大明宣德年製》仿款
來源：英國什羅普郡私人舊藏。