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Lot Essay
An identical dish was included in the Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated From the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1989, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 63, figs. 1 and 2. The dish found in the early Yongle stratum at the Zhushan Road site, together with another dish with a similar medallion but with different borders.
Dishes of this pattern include two in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by J. Ayers and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, 1986, no. 598; another two in the Archaeological Museum of Iran, Teheran, recorded by A. Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, 1956, pl. 32, no. 29.65-66; a dish included in the Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, Philadelphia, 1949, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 31; one from the collection of Sir John Addis, now in the British Museum, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no. 3:33; and another from the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 55.
Compare also a dish of same design, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1409.
Dishes of this pattern include two in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by J. Ayers and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, 1986, no. 598; another two in the Archaeological Museum of Iran, Teheran, recorded by A. Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, 1956, pl. 32, no. 29.65-66; a dish included in the Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, Philadelphia, 1949, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 31; one from the collection of Sir John Addis, now in the British Museum, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no. 3:33; and another from the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 55.
Compare also a dish of same design, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1409.