明嘉靖 青花八卦雲鶴紋大碗 The U-shaped bowl painted to interior with a circular double phoenix scene to center, encircled by four further phoenixes and clouds on the wall. Exterior painted with similar motifs with the addition of Eight Trigrams roundels arranged in the Later Heaven order (houtian bagua) and Daoist immortal realm motifs. Six character Jiajing (1522-1566) mark enclosed in double ring to base and of the period. Dia. 23cm (9 in.) H. 13cm (5 in.) Note: See an identical bowl published in Mayuyama Junkichi, Mayuyama: Seventy Years (Tokyo: Mayuyama Ryusendo, 1976), vol. 1, cat. no. 858. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, November, 1996, Lot 752. Orientique, Hong Kong, 1997. Lots 1074 and 1075, together with other noteworthy lots in this catalogue, form part of an exceptional collection amassed by husband and wife Canadian professionals between 1994-2000 while living in Hong Kong, Japan and other locales and traveling in China, Japan and Taiwan. Some highlight pieces were acquired from Dr Patrick Wang, owner of Orientique (Hong Kong), a well-respected boutique specializing in Chinese antiques and works of art. The collectors had good eyes and studied Chinese pottery and porcelain assiduously and made some interesting authentic acquisitions for their collection that we are pleased to be able to present today.本拍賣多件拍品（涵1074、1075號）皆出自加拿大企業高管夫婦1994-2000年在亞洲工作和生活期間所藏。藏家夫婦對中國藝術品的熱愛和至高品位決定了藏品屬於傳承有序的上品。其中多件藏品均源自香港吉慶堂，其餘多帶有藏家的生活足跡。90年代中期藏家經常出入於北京和香港，並在90年代末期轉至日本東京，後歸國任職加拿大本地多家大型企業高管直至退休。