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Lot Essay
The combination of yellow enamel and underglaze-blue cobalt on this dish is fashioned after the early Ming prototypes from the fifteenth century, while the lotus bouquet design also first appeared on porcelain during the Yongle and Xuande period, such as the Yongle blue and white dish from the J.M. Hu Collection and sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3975.
A Yongzheng-marked dish of the same design and of slightly larger size (39 cm. diam.) was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2009, lot 749 . A smaller pair was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 889; another smaller one was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2014, lot 294.
Compare to two Qianlong-marked dishes of this pattern; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, p. 133, no. 763; the other included in the exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 9 June - 2 August 1992, p. 275, no. 142.
A Yongzheng-marked dish of the same design and of slightly larger size (39 cm. diam.) was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2009, lot 749 . A smaller pair was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 889; another smaller one was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2014, lot 294.
Compare to two Qianlong-marked dishes of this pattern; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, p. 133, no. 763; the other included in the exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 9 June - 2 August 1992, p. 275, no. 142.