Details
The base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze blue.
8.9 cm. (312 in.) diam.
Provenance
Vrijman Collection, United Kingdom.
With Vanderven Oriental Art, the Netherlands, 24 April 2014.
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Lot Essay

Bowls of this type were known as 'devils' work', guigong in Chinese, which may be a reference to the ‘devilish’ skills required. Due to the openwork technique, they were also called linglong which can be translated as 'delicate-openwork'. A similarly-decorated bowl with applied figures in high relief can be found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by Christiaan J.A. Jörg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1997, p. 47, fig. 28.

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