A RARE SMALL MING-STYLE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DISH

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A RARE SMALL MING-STYLE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE DISH
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

The central medallion painted in underglaze-blue with lotus and peony blossoms linked by scrolling stems and leaves, within a frieze of differing flowerheads around the cavetto, all encircled by a classic scroll border in translucent green enamel below the rim, the exterior with a matching frieze bordered by key-fret and classic scroll bands also picked out in green enamel, all reserved against a bright yellow ground, the base white, rim crack--5 3/8 in. (13.7cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

Both the small size and design of this example is quite rare. For larger versions (8½in. diam.) see Christie's, New York, December 3, 1992, lot 341, and the dish from the Jarras Collection, Part II, Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, October 8, 1990, lot 360, formerly in the Riesco Collection. A similarly enameled bowl of this rare pattern is illustrated by John Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. 4, no. A575