A finely painted blue and white lobed 'fruit and flower' bowl

Xuande mark and period

明宣德 青花折枝花果紋葵口碗

《大明宣德年製》款

of conical form, well potted with the flaring sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a six-lobed rim, finely painted in deep cobalt blue accentuated with characteristic 'heaping and piling', the interior centered with a medallion enclosing a flowering and fruiting peach branch, surrounded by three sprigs of lotus flowers alternating with sprays of tree peony, chrysanthemum, and herbaceous peony, all beneath a row of small floral sprigs at the rim, the exterior with six fruit sprays comprising peach, cherry, loquat, pomegranate, grape, and lychee, alternating with six small floral sprays below including camellia, chrysanthemum, lotus, rose, and peony, the foot encircled with a band of classic scroll, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark, the cavetto with a later incised character reading yi (righteousness)

Diameter 9 in., 22.8 cm

Collection of a Canadian diplomat, acquired in Southeast Asia between the 1950s and 1970s.

Canadian Private Collection.

來源

加拿大外交官收藏，1950年代至1970年代之間得於東南亞

加拿大私人收藏