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Lot Essay
The mark on the present dish indicates that this was made for the Princedom of Zhao, one of the 24 principalities set up by the Hongwu Emperor during the early years of the dynasty. According to the research of Ming Wilson, the owner of this group of dishes could have been either Zhu Cigan, who inherited the title Prince of Zhao in 1617, or his successor, Zhu Changyu, who was captured by Qing troops in 1644, see discussion in Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, London, 1988, pp. 30-1, where one of these in the Percival
David Foundation is illustrated.
Other dishes of this pattern and mark are found in museum and private collections worldwide, including one in the National Museum of China, illustrated in Studies of the Collection of the National Museum of China, Shanghai, 2007, no. 107 (fig. 1), one in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji - 21 - Jingdezhen caihui ciqi, Shanghai, 1981, no. 50, one illustrated by Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, p. 503, no. 77, one in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, museum number: PDF A753, and one sold at Christie’s New York, 25 March 2010, lot 1350.
David Foundation is illustrated.
Other dishes of this pattern and mark are found in museum and private collections worldwide, including one in the National Museum of China, illustrated in Studies of the Collection of the National Museum of China, Shanghai, 2007, no. 107 (fig. 1), one in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji - 21 - Jingdezhen caihui ciqi, Shanghai, 1981, no. 50, one illustrated by Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, p. 503, no. 77, one in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, museum number: PDF A753, and one sold at Christie’s New York, 25 March 2010, lot 1350.