258. A Chinese blue and white fluted bowl, Wanli c.1580, with a foliate rim, and painted with ten flying horses leaping over waves above flowering branches, the interior with a mountain river scene and a wide band of flaming wheels and a further band of mountains, pagodas and small boats, the base with a four character seal mark which reads fu gui jia qi (beautiful vessel for the rich and honourable), 21cm dia.
£4,000-5,000 Provenance: a private American collection in California.
Cf. R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics of the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol.II, no.1280, p.725 for an identical pair.
259. A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain deep bowl, Wanli c.1600, painted with panels containing flowers, palm leaves and scrolls, the interior with a scruffy bird perched on rocks, 14.3cm. £1,000-1,500
Provenance: a private American collection in California, purchased from S. Marchant & Son, 14th June 1992.
Cf. M. Rinaldi, A Moment in The History of Trade, pl.182-18, for similar bowls.
260. A good Chinese blue and white small bowl, six character Jiajing mark and of the period 1522-66, painted with figures in a fenced garden amidst cloud scrolls and foliage, the interior with a figure in clouds, 12.1cm.
£1,200-1,500
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