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A large inscribed blue and white 'Red Cliff visit' deep bowl
Late Ming-Early Qing (1640-1670) The deep rounded sides painted to the exterior with a panel enclosing a scene with the poet Su Shi and two companions in a boat seated at a low table under a canopy enjoying wine, an oarsman standing at the helm, the scene enclosed by a larger continuous calligraphy panel with an excerpt from Su Shi's Ode to the Red Cliff, the interior painted with two encircled bands of lotus flower-heads and water fronds, one at the rim, the other at the well, all centered by a Chenghua four-character mark. 8 3/4in (22.2cm) diameter
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明末清初 青花赤壁賦圖大盌 The bowl illustrates a scene and the text from the famous Ode to the Red Cliff, composed by the celebrated Northern Song poet, Su Shi (1037-1096), to commemorate his trips to the historical battlefield of Red Nose Cliffs Chibifu during his political exile. Another example of the same size but painted with a different section of the ode and bearing a Yongle mark at the interior center, rather than the Chenghua of our example, was sold at Rob Michiels Auctions, Bruges, Belgium, 9 December 2018, lot 488. Another similar 'Red Cliff' bowl with a Yongle mark was published by Stephen Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period (1620-1683), China Institute of America, New York, 1989, pp.36-37, pl.1aFor a group of five smaller bowls, of the cruder export variety, but painted with the same subject and poetic inscription and from the famed "Hatcher Cargo", see Christie's, Amsterdam, 21 June 2011, lot 495 and previously offered in the preceding sales of the Hatcher Cargo at Christie's, Amsterdam in 1984. The famous cargo was recovered from the wreck of an Asian vessel in the South China Sea by Captain Michael Hatcher in 1983.A slightly later Kangxi marked brushpot decorated with a closely related scene and inscription, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by Chen Runmin, Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Qing blue and white porcelain from the Shunzhi and Kangxi periods], Beijing, 2005, pl. 206
