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LOT 2620
Elegant Ming White Ware Bowl
PROBABLY MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D.
4 1/4 in. (97.8 grams, 11 cm).
A light, precisely, and finely potted bowl, the thin-walled body and foot-ring with overall white setting with transparent whitish glaze remains, slightly iridescent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceGerman private collection, acquired at Signens Kunstauktionen, Cologne, July 2021, no.25, from an estate sale.
Formerly private collection North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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