Lot 38: Blue and White Bowl with Ladies Design 青花仕女纹碗

来源：于八十年代初购自新加坡资深收藏家旧藏
Provenance: Acquired from the collection of a senior Singapore collector in the early 1980s

Diameter 口径 20.2 cm Height 高 7.1 cm Foot Diameter 足径 8.3 cm

Estimate 估价: SGD 900,000 – SGD 1,500,000
Starting Price 起拍价: SGD 850,000

碗敞口，弧壁，高圈足。碗外壁绘青花庭院仕女图，线条流畅自如，形态妍美怡人，圈足处绘卷草纹一周，足底青花双圈内绘“大明宣德年制”六字双行楷书款。该器纹饰布局疏朗，场面开阔，意境清幽。宣德瓷器人物纹较少，所见者均文人士大夫的气息浓厚。此器纹饰绘仕女赏画情景，表现了恬静淡雅的格调，是典型的宫廷御用瓷器。

The bowl is potted with a flared mouth, rounded sides and a high ring foot. The exterior is painted in underglaze blue with a scene of ladies in a garden setting, the lines fluid and assured, and the figures graceful and pleasing in form. Around the foot is a band of scrolling foliage. The base is inscribed in underglaze blue, within double circles, with the six-character mark in two vertical lines in regular script: “Da Ming Xuande nian zhi” — “Made in the Xuande reign of the Great Ming dynasty.”

The decoration is spaciously arranged, creating an open composition and a quiet, refined atmosphere. Figure subjects are relatively rare on Xuande porcelain, and surviving examples often convey a strong literati sensibility. The present bowl depicts ladies appreciating a painting, expressing a tranquil and elegant mood, and is a typical example of imperial porcelain made for court use.