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Lot Essay
Dishes of this design were first produced during the Xuande period, and continued through the Jiajing reign, peaking in popularity during the Hongzhi and Zhengde periods. A Xuande prototype of almost identical size (25.6 cm.) was included in Xuande Imperial Porcelain Excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1998, p. 89, no. 88; and another formerly in the collections of Wu Lai-hsi and Francis Howard Paget, bequeathed by the later to the British Museum, illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, p. 141, no. 4:43.
A number of Hongzhi-marked dishes of this design can be found in important museums. One is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 256, no. 231, together with a Chenghua example, p. 254, no. 229, and a Zhengde example, p. 258, no. 233; one is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Blue-and-White Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book IV, Hong Kong, 1963, no. 11; an example formerly in the Carl Kempe collection, and now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, vol. 9, fig. 226; one from the Rogers Fund in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is illustrated by Suzanne G. Valenstine, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, fig. 152; the dish in the Baur Collection, illustrated by John Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. I, Geneva, 1999, p. 118, no. 65, together with a dish of identical design but in a brown and white colour palette, p. 119, no. 66; one is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, fig. 153; one in the Percival David collection, now housed in the British Museum, is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1966, no. A740; two other examples are illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, nos. 797 and 804; and another was included in the Idemitsu Museum's 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Tokyo, 1981, no. 796.
Several similar dishes can also be found in private collections: one was included in the exhibition at Indianapolis Museum of Art Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, 1983, no. 97; a dish from the collection of Sir Harry Garner is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1953, pl. 57A(i), together with a Xuande and a Chenghua example from the British Museum, pls. 56A and B respectively, and a smaller Zhengde dish from the collection of H.R.H. Palmer, pl. 57A(ii); one from the Edward T. Chow Collection, Part III, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 443; and another from the Toguri Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 22; and one in the collections of Christina Loke Balsara and Robert Chang, last sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1314.
A number of Hongzhi-marked dishes of this design can be found in important museums. One is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 256, no. 231, together with a Chenghua example, p. 254, no. 229, and a Zhengde example, p. 258, no. 233; one is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Blue-and-White Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book IV, Hong Kong, 1963, no. 11; an example formerly in the Carl Kempe collection, and now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, vol. 9, fig. 226; one from the Rogers Fund in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is illustrated by Suzanne G. Valenstine, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, fig. 152; the dish in the Baur Collection, illustrated by John Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. I, Geneva, 1999, p. 118, no. 65, together with a dish of identical design but in a brown and white colour palette, p. 119, no. 66; one is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, fig. 153; one in the Percival David collection, now housed in the British Museum, is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1966, no. A740; two other examples are illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, nos. 797 and 804; and another was included in the Idemitsu Museum's 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Tokyo, 1981, no. 796.
Several similar dishes can also be found in private collections: one was included in the exhibition at Indianapolis Museum of Art Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, 1983, no. 97; a dish from the collection of Sir Harry Garner is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1953, pl. 57A(i), together with a Xuande and a Chenghua example from the British Museum, pls. 56A and B respectively, and a smaller Zhengde dish from the collection of H.R.H. Palmer, pl. 57A(ii); one from the Edward T. Chow Collection, Part III, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 443; and another from the Toguri Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 22; and one in the collections of Christina Loke Balsara and Robert Chang, last sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1314.