A rare blue and white 'lianzi' bowl, Mark and period of Xuande | 明宣德 青花外蓮瓣內纏枝花卉紋蓮子盌 《大明宣德年製》款

A rare blue and white 'lianzi' bowl,

Mark and period of Xuande

明宣德 青花外蓮瓣內纏枝花卉紋蓮子盌

《大明宣德年製》款

well potted with steep rounded sides resting on a short foot, painted in washes of cobalt blue to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a spray of loquat, encircled by a continuous meandering leafy stem bearing alternating blooms of chrysanthemum and camellia, all enclosed within a border of crested waves at the rim, the exterior with slender upright lappets beneath a key-fret band, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle

20.5 cm