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Lot Essay
The use of yellow and green on-biscuit enamels on imperial porcelains appears as early as the Yongle reign (1403-24). Dishes decorated with dragon and cloud designs which have been incised into the body of the dish and then covered with a green enamel contrasting with the yellow enamel ground have been excavated from the late Yongle stratum at the Imperal kilns at Jingdezhen, see Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande periods Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, (Hong Kong, 1989), p. 140, no. 29.
The style of decoration continued into the Xuande and Chenghua reigns, sometimes with the substitution of raised lines for the incised lines, in fahua style, as on the dish excavated in 1988, illustrated in Xuande Imperial Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, (Taipei, Chang Foundation, 1998), no. 73. The Ming court's appreciation of these green and yellow enamelled porcelains reached its height, however, in the mid 16th century. The decoration of the current dish with flower sprays is rare on enamelled porcelains, but is in keeping with styles of decoration seen on blue and white wares.
The style of decoration continued into the Xuande and Chenghua reigns, sometimes with the substitution of raised lines for the incised lines, in fahua style, as on the dish excavated in 1988, illustrated in Xuande Imperial Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, (Taipei, Chang Foundation, 1998), no. 73. The Ming court's appreciation of these green and yellow enamelled porcelains reached its height, however, in the mid 16th century. The decoration of the current dish with flower sprays is rare on enamelled porcelains, but is in keeping with styles of decoration seen on blue and white wares.