Lot n° 8
Estimation :
6000 - 8000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 10 880EUR
Hollow porcelain bowl in the form of a lotus... - Lot 8 - Ader
Hollow porcelain bowl in the form of a lotus flower enameled in underglaze blue and iron red, China, Wanli mark and period (1573-1619
)Resting on an upright foot, it depicts an open lotus flower with its two rows of petals. In the center is a medallion surrounded by two friezes of ruyi heads containing the Sanskrit character lantsa "hrīḥ" sinicized into a sigil ideogram. The inner row of petals is painted with tri-lobed designs on rounded tips, each finely outlined with iron-red enamel while the outer lotus petals end in an embrace. The reverse of the bowl is girded by a double row of sixteen molded petals, one alternating eight characters in Sinicized Sanskrit lantsa: Oṃ a hrīḥ mi tā hrīḥ bha hrīḥ (the mantra of Amitābha) and eight flower designs. The other simply depicting the veins of the petals. Six-character Wanli mark within a double circle in underglaze blue on the base.
Diameter : 21,5 cmDamage
and chip on the rim, many missing glaze (mushikui)
.
Similar models :
- The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, no. MPN018 - sold at Christie's in London on May 10, 2011 - Lot 243.
- The S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection: Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 45.
- The National Palace Museum in Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of Ming Dynasty Porcelain, vol. 3, pl. 90.
Similar model without the iron red glaze:
- J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 313.
- Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 11, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This dish is a Buddhist ritual utensil imitating the lotus mandala used in Tibetan Buddhism to worship or visualize Avalokiteśvara
.
The symbol in the central medallion represents the main presiding deity at the center of the mandala, signifying that the Buddha will be seen when the flower blooms.
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万历青花梵文莲瓣盘款：大明万历年制
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