TWO BLUE AND WHITE CONICAL BOWLS 17th century Comprising: a footed bowl with deep flaring sides, painted to the exterior with a scholar and attendants in a pavilion garden, the interior with two bands of flowerheads on whorl grounds, apocryphal Yongle four-character mark to the centre; and a further flaring bowl decorated in delicate tones of underglaze blue with lotus plants, the interior with a small wave medallion, apocryphal Xuande four-character mark to the base. The largest: 10.5cm (4 1/8in) diam. (2). Footnotes: 十七世紀 青花盌兩件 Provenance: John Drew (1933-2006), England, collection no.318 (the Xuande mark bowl)(label) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, June 2007 (the Xuande mark bowl)(collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London (the Yongle mark bowl)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.196 John Drew (1933-2006) was born in Tideswell, Derbyshire, and educated at Sedbergh School and the Queen's College, Oxford. He spent the majority of his professional career as an archivist in various African countries, before taking up a post at the University of Cape Town in 1978. His collection of Chinese ceramics encompasses pieces from the Neolithic period through to the eighteenth century. See R. Davids & D. Jellinek, Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America, Oxford, 2011, p.157. See a similar 'lotus pond' bowl sold at Christie's New York, 24th July 2020, lot 14. See an underglaze blue and enamelled example of the Yongle mark bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, object number 18.56.38. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing