A FINE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH

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A FINE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

The centre of the dish painted in underglaze-blue of rich purplish-blue tone with a scholar riding a qilin led by an attendant, talking to another scholar sitting under a tree, the cavetto with the 'Three Friends of Winter', pine, bamboo and prunus, grouped in four clusters, the reverse encircled by three chilong in mutual pursuit of scrolling peonies
8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

An identical dish was included in the National Palace Museum exhibition, Good Fortune, Long Life, Health and Peace: A Special Exhibition of Porcelains with Auspicious Designs, Taiwan, 1995, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 57.

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