Lot Essay
For related examples of 18th Century dishes painted and enamelled with this rare design, cf. one with a Yongzheng mark illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, pl. 95; and another included in the Min Chiu Society Special Exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Catalogue, no. 176; and one with a Chenghua mark illustrated by Brankston, Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen, pl. 45 top; another sold in our New York Rooms, 1 June 1990, lot 327.
Cf. an early 16th Century zhadou painted with a similar design sold in our London Rooms, 10 December 1990, lot 151. Cf. also a late Ming model for the present lot from the collections of H.M. Knight and the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, Catalogue no. 40 and sold in Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 254. The overlapping flower-head border of the present lot can be seen on a Zhengde-marked blue and white dish illustrated by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, pl. 103 2nd and 3rd
Cf. an early 16th Century zhadou painted with a similar design sold in our London Rooms, 10 December 1990, lot 151. Cf. also a late Ming model for the present lot from the collections of H.M. Knight and the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, Catalogue no. 40 and sold in Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 254. The overlapping flower-head border of the present lot can be seen on a Zhengde-marked blue and white dish illustrated by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, pl. 103 2nd and 3rd