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A MING YELLOW-ENAMELLED DISH
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)

Thinly potted with low rounded sides raised on a tapered wedge-shaped foot, covered inside and out with a rich yellow enamel, the base with a transparent glaze
8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The H M Knight Esq Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 12 May 1970, lot 51.
Messrs. Bluett & Sons

Lot Essay

Yellow-enamelled dishes of this size with Hongzhi marks include an example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 44, pl. 39; and from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ming Official Wares, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4, Taipei, 1991, p. 155; compare also an example illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, p. 447; one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, Fribourg, 1986, pl. 113; and another sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1482.

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