A rare blue and white 'lotus and fish' bowl


Chenghua/HongzhiWith deep rounded sides rising to a gently everted rim, the exterior boldly painted in shades of cobalt blue with six large blossoming lotus amidst an undulating meander, the interior with four fish separated by floral sprigs above foaming and crashing waves, the well with a swimming carp amidst billowing clouds.21.6cm (8 1/2in) diam.
|明成化/弘治 青花外番蓮內魚藻紋盌Provenance: Sotheby's London, 28 November 1972, lot 167An English private collection, and thence by descent來源：1972年11月28日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品167號英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a dish decorated with a similar design, mid Chenghua period, illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua: Imperial Porcelain of the Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, Hong Kong, 1993, pp.150-151, no.B31.