This man buys a porcelain bowl for Rp. 500 thousand, it turns out that it is a rare artefact

Illustration of an antique bowl. (Pixabay / TerriC)

Hitekno.com – Not long ago a man bought bowl small porcelain for 35 US dollars or about Rp 500,000 at a sale at Connecticut.

As it turns out, it is artifact A rare 15th century China and is estimated to be worth between US $ 300,000-500,000.

After buying it last year, the unidentified man was attracted by his appearance and asked experts at the Sotheby’s auction house to rate it.

He later found out that the bowl was an extraordinary and rare object.

According to The Associated PressOnly six other bowls are known to exist, most of which are housed in museums around the world.

This bowl will now be auctioned at the Important Chinese Art Sotheby’s auction in New York on March 17.

The bowl is about 16 centimeters in diameter, is shaped like a lotus bud, and is painted with a cobalt blue floral pattern.

Inside the bowl is a medallion design, surrounded by floral and leaf patterns.

While the exterior is painted with lotuses, peonies, chrysanthemums and pomegranates surrounding other objects, including horns and musical instruments.

With a combination of striking and slightly exotic designs that became the hallmark of the imperial porcelain of this period.

The bowl is believed to be a classic product of the reign of the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, known as the Yongle Emperor.

Yongle Palace, where he made bowls, brought a new style of porcelain to ancient China.

During the Yongle reign, the courts controlled the design, production, and distribution of porcelain made in imperial kilns.

In other words, porcelain was not traded across routes to the Middle East and East Africa.

Reporting from Live Science, Tuesday (9/3/2021), Yongle often ordered duplicate porcelain to be crushed or buried so as not to be copied so that according to Sotheby’s, there are very few bowls left at this time.

Two of them are known to be in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, one bowl is in the National Museum of Iran, one at the British Museum, one at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and one for sale at Christie’s auction house, Hong Kong.

Until it ends up being sold, it is not clear how porcelain bowl it could end up in Connecticut and be sold cheaply. (Suara.com/Lintang Siltya Utami)

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