A large blue and white bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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Hall mark to base. Generous size, rounded sides on a tapering footrim, decorated to the center with a rabbit, around the exterior parrots, birds, pommegranate and flowers. Diameter 28.5 cm.
Wear, fritting to rim.
Provenance
Bukowskis 597:391. The Wikström Family Collection of Norra Blasieholmshamnen and Listonhill. Thence by descent.
From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art.
Literature
Albin Roosval red, "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", årgång XIX, nr 3, 1931.