Lot 132 A very rare Chinese blue and white 'Double Gourd' shallow bowl

A very rare Chinese blue and white 'Double Gourd' shallow bowl

Wanli

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€ 4.000 – € 8.000

O: Diam. 9,1 cm

Overall in good condition, with normal superficial wear and minor fritting to the rim.
The rim with a hairline running through the cavetto of ca. 1,5 cm.

The finely potted shallow bowl has gently rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim and is delicately painted in the centre with a tied double-gourd issuing long, elegantly fluttering ribbons and tassels. The larger gourd is decorated with a geometric fretwork pattern, while the smaller fruit is adorned with mountain-scale motifs, all executed in vibrant tones of underglaze cobalt blue. The exterior is covered with an exceptionally rich monochrome lavender-blue glaze and bears at the base the rare underglaze cobalt-blue Egret mark, a distinctive studio mark associated with a small group of high-quality and rare late Ming porcelains.
此碗胎體輕薄，淺弧腹，口沿微撇。碗心以鮮麗青花繪綬帶葫蘆紋，束結其上的長帶與流蘇飄逸舒展。大葫蘆內填幾何回紋，小葫蘆則飾山形鱗紋。
外壁滿施濃郁勻潤的淡紫藍釉，底部以青花書罕見的「白鷺款」。此款為一種獨特的花押款，僅見於少量製作精良且較為罕見的明晚期瓷器。
Reference:
Katharine Butler and Teresa Canepa, 'Leaping The Dragon Gate. The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain', p. 75, no. 1.20-21, inv. no. 1098, 1099 for two comparable examples.
Provenance:
The Maura Rinaldi Collection.
A Dutch private collection.
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 23 November 2016, accompanied by a copy of their certificate of authenticity. (see addedscan)
Published:
Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of Trade', p. 206, pl. 267a. (see attached scans)