Lot Essay
This very rare dish is probably unique, as no other dish with similar decoration appears to be published.
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THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
Details
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
With sturdily potted, shallow rounded sides rising from the wedge-shaped foot, the interior painted in inky underglaze blue enriched by 'heaping and piling' with a central vermiculate-patterned roundel surrounded by six roundels alternately filled with waves and peony, lotus and orange blossoms, all separated by flaming pearls and encircled by a diaper border below a band of lotus scroll in the well which is repeated on the exterior, all within double line borders, the base unglazed
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) diam.
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
With sturdily potted, shallow rounded sides rising from the wedge-shaped foot, the interior painted in inky underglaze blue enriched by 'heaping and piling' with a central vermiculate-patterned roundel surrounded by six roundels alternately filled with waves and peony, lotus and orange blossoms, all separated by flaming pearls and encircled by a diaper border below a band of lotus scroll in the well which is repeated on the exterior, all within double line borders, the base unglazed
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Bluett & Sons, London.
Literature
Tsugio Mikami, Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 13, Tokyo, 1991, p. 276, fig. 211.
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