A MING-STYLE YELLOW-GROUND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED 'LOTUS BOUQUET' DISH

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A MING-STYLE YELLOW-GROUND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED 'LOTUS BOUQUET' DISH
Qianlong Seal Mark in Underglaze Blue and of the Period
Decorated on both sides with a composite floral scroll encircling a central medallion with a bouquet of lotus flowers, pods, leaves and pond weed tied with a trailing ribbon, all delineated with Ming-style 'heaping and piling' against a bright lemon glaze, the rim encircled on the interior with a classic scroll border and on the exterior with key-fret, both under a clear green glaze
8.3/8in. (21.2cm) diam., box

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 91

Lot Essay

Compare two similar dishes of this size; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, p. 133, no. 763; the other included in the exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 9 June - 2 August 1992, p. 275, no. 142. One of a pair was included in the Kau Chi Society Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1981, Catalogue, no. 155, and the pair later sold in our London rooms, 10-13 December 1982, lot 526. Compare, also, the dish sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 23 March 1993, lot 739.