Lot Essay
Another Xuande-marked dish of this pattern, but of slightly smaller size, sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 743
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH
Details
A RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH
ENCIRCLED XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted in an attractive inky-blue tone with a central medallion containing a large peony sprig surrounded by a scroll of peonies in the well and again to the reverse, all divided by single and double-band borders (restored chips, hairlines)
6 3/4in. (17cm.) diam., box
ENCIRCLED XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted in an attractive inky-blue tone with a central medallion containing a large peony sprig surrounded by a scroll of peonies in the well and again to the reverse, all divided by single and double-band borders (restored chips, hairlines)
6 3/4in. (17cm.) diam., box