A GE-TYPE LOBED BOWL, MING
China, 1368-1644. The rounded sides rising from a short five-lobed foot to a five-lobed rim, covered overall in a soft gray glaze suffused with a network of black crackles, the glaze stopping irregularly at the foot ring.

Provenance: French private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, extensive kiln grit to the well with an associated minuscule glaze loss.

Weight: 86.4 g
Dimensions: Diameter 9.8 cm

Literature comparison: For the prototype of this form and glaze, see several petal-lobed dishes of various sizes, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Selection of Ge Ware, Beijing, 2017, pls 42-46 and 63. Compare also a Ming dynasty Xuande mark and period dish, of circular form, now preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in the exhibition catalog Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2008, pl. 76.

Auction result comparison: A related dish of slightly larger size was sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong in Tiaminlou - A Small History of Chinese Ceramics on 30 May 2019, lot 14, for HKD 75,000.

明代仿哥窯式梅花碗
中國，1368-1644年。短碗足呈五瓣形，梅花形碗，整個表面施一層柔潤的灰色釉，黑色開片裂紋，釉不規則的聚集在腕足処。

來源：法國私人收藏
品相：狀況極佳，磨損少，燒制不規則，爐膛粗砂過多，釉料損失極少。

重量：86.4 克
尺寸：直徑9.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相近但尺寸更大的碟子售于香港蘇富比Tiaminlou - A Small History of Chinese Ceramics拍場，2019年5月30 日，lot 14, 售價HKD 75,000。