TOP5: Ming Xuande Blue and White Bowl with Lotus Patterns Lot Size: 27.3cm Sale Price: 20,669,625 RMB Auction Company: Christie's New York Auction Date: 2019-03-22 Auction Special: Christie's New York March 2019 Auction Chinese Porcelain and Crafts Boutique   

 This bowl is painted with Su Ma Li Qing's tangled lotus pattern. It is dense and dazzling. The painting is exquisite. After the Su Ma Li Qing accumulates, it condenses into black spots on the surface of the vessel, the so-called "rust spots". Porcelain competes for it. Su Ma Liqing was introduced from Central Asia during the Yongle dynasty. Its name may be derived from the Arabic "sumawi", which means "sky color" or "sky blue". This material is rich in iron and is mostly mixed with local cobalt blue. The Su Ma Liqing used in the Xuan Kiln should be more pure. After firing, the blue and white hair color is bright and bright, and the floral and leaf patterns are rich in layers.

Xuan kiln painters are extremely skilled and superb, replacing meticulous brushwork with freehand brushwork. They are dyed in layers, with continuous lines, vigorous ornamentation, vivid charm, scattered layouts, and the overall clear and elegant, but regular and dignified.

 This shaped metal pedestal was made in the first half of the 14th century in Egypt or Syria under the Mamluk dynasty. Most of them are larger in size and used to hold trays. Most of them are made of copper, with gold and silver embossed in Arabic in abstraction. Above the curled pattern, there are round and round patterns between them, and the patterns are all over the table, without any white space. Refer to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Figure 2). Its circular pattern design is similar to the porcelain example, but is larger in proportion and interlaced with the upper and lower borders. For other metal examples, refer to James W. Allan, 《Islamic Metalwork: the "Nuhad Es-Said Collection"》, London, 1982, pl. 19, the inscriptions on the circular pattern of the secret book, the upper and lower layers are staggered at a vertical angle, just like the current example. 

 This product is a good example of this. Its shape is magnificent and dignified, and its mouth is flat, showing a twelve-out diamond fancy mouth. This type of vessel was first seen in the Yuan Dynasty. It is very similar to the metal market. It should be made to meet the needs of the Islamic countries in Central Asia. It is a good feast for local nobles to sit around and eat pilaf. The fetus is delicate and white, the glaze juice is shiny and bright, and the mouth is painted with a round grass pattern, which has a strong West Asian style. The inner and outer walls are decorated with twelve broken branches of flowers, including camellia, peony, gardenia, chrysanthemum, etc., and the outline is smooth and smooth. The central theme is decorated with broken branches of grapes. The painted grapes are vines, vines, fruity, and thin. Winding, rolling branches and leaves, the layout is sparse and full, and the flower and fruit decoration is realistic and vivid. It fully borrows the charm of Chinese ink and wash painting to obtain its skills. It is suitable for use in drawing, drawing, dotting, and dyeing. The thickness of the lines are used together, and the shades of green materials are used to make the picture rich in green interest, revealing the beauty of dignity and vigor, just like Zhu Ming's prosperous age and the momentum of the world. The place where the blue and white material gathers is rusty and has a feeling of unevenness. It produces a clear and bright feeling against the glazed surface. The Su Ma Li Qing material is deep into the fetal bone with a three-dimensional effect.

 This product is a very rare type of Jiajing imperial porcelain gourd-style bottle. Its upper and lower abdomen are plump and round, the mouth is thin and straight, and the ring feet are high and deep. It is quite heroic and ancient. Its mouth and waist are painted with lingzhi lingzhi pattern, upper and lower abdomen is decorated with deformed lotus petal pattern and banana leaf pattern, the middle theme pattern is the five immortals walking music picture, see the cold mountain lingbo playing in the water, Liu Hai rides the golden toad Take off, pick up and sit with a broomstick, as if talking to the fairy wearing a gourd with a stick, and behind the fairy Matsushita is writing a scroll, with a leisurely look. The theme of the lower abdomen is a happy birthday picture of a group of immortals. The scene is very lively and there are a total of 13 immortals celebrating birthdays. Seeing the birthday star sitting on the stone, he is contented, watching the bangs play the toad, all the immortals present their birthdays, seeing those holding ganoderma lucidum and peaches, holding aquariums and beating fish drums, blowing purple flutes and singing jade boards, and the atmosphere is endless and festive. Peaceful. The outside of the circle foot is brightly painted with branches and fruit patterns. Its blue and white colors are thick and purple, which are typical characteristics of Huiqing. The paintings are complicated and meticulous, and the manners of the immortals are different. They are vivid and lifelike. Each is wonderful, especially the cold mountain. It is very similar to the "Han Shan Shi De Tu" made by the painter You Qiu during the Jiawan period, which shows that the painting technique is extraordinary. The base script "Da Ming Jiajing Years" in regular script is naive and primitive.