ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

細節

A Blue and White Yellow-Ground Saucer Dish
Zhengde six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period
Painted in soft tones of underglaze blue with a gardenia sprig surrounded by sprays of peach, lotus, pomegranate and grape vine in the well, and with a frieze of peony scroll on the exterior, all within double blue line borders and reserved against a ground of rich egg-yolk yellow tone
77/8in. (19.9cm.) diam.

來源

Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 1981, lot 269.

拍品專文

For similar examples and a discussion of this group of wares, see the notes by Mary Ann Rogers, where the author discusses the origins of this distinctive type of decoration in the Xuande period and its developments in the 15th and 16th centuries, In Pursuit of the Dragon: Traditions and Transitions in Ming Ceramics, An exhibition from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Seattle Art Museum, 1988, p. 98. The Idemitsu has in its collection examples from each of the five reign eras during which the type was produced. Apart from minor differences in the treatment of the flowers and choice of fruit, the group is largely consistent.

Further examples can be found in many of the world's greatest museums and collections. For an example in the Percival David Foundation, see M. Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1978, plate III, no. 29, and for another in the Smithsonian Institution, see Ming Porcelains in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953, p. 35, nos. 31 and 32.