A BLUE AND WHITE 'LANÇA CHARACTER' BOWL Wanli six-character mark and of the period Rising from a slightly tapered foot, the rounded sides terminating at an everted rim, the interior centred by a large lança character, encircled by rows of smaller characters on the cavetto and exterior. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明萬曆 青花梵文盌 青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款 Provenance: acquired from R ＆ G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2006 (collector's notes) Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, pp.208-209, no.121 M.White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol.3, n.p, 2022, p.47 (Published and Illustrated) 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商R ＆ G McPherson Antiques，2006年（藏家筆記） 展覽著錄：東方陶瓷學會，《龍隱: 英國東方陶瓷學會會員珍稀藏品展圖錄》，倫敦，2016年，第208-209頁，編號121 M.White，《Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection》，第3冊，無出版地，2022年，第47頁（著錄） The interior centre has a single large angular Tibetan 'All Powerful Ten'-style character in the centre, while the surrounding inscription is arranged in concentric circles in the manner of a Tibetan prayer wheel. As the bowl is rotated, the inscription functions like a spinning prayer wheel, symbolically releasing the prayer. Compare with a blue and white 'lança character' dish with similar decoration but flat foot, Wanli six-character mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II) (故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：青花釉裏紅中), Beijing, 2000, p.231, pl.211. See a similar but smaller blue and white 'lança character' bowl, Wanli six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 October 2022, lot 3630. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing