A Small Blue and White Saucer Dish

JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)

細節

A Small Blue and White Saucer Dish
Jiajing period (1522-1566)
The center well painted with a medallion of the 'Three Friends' (pine, prunus, and bamboo), the twisted trunk of the central pine tree forming a lu character below cranes in flight amidst clouds and two of the Eight Trigrams, the other six trigrams alternating with further cranes to form a frieze on the exterior, the base painted with a ten-character inscription within a double rectangle
5 5/16in. (13.5cm.) diam., box and stand
Falk Collection no. 259.

來源

Mathias Komor, New York, October 1949.

拍品專文

The inscription on the base, Di dai guan guang lu si chu cheng Shen Liang zuo zao, may be translated as 'Shen Liang, presiding official of Guang Lu Temple, Office of the Primary Attendant, commissioned [this dish].' The stylized lu character on the interior puns the name of the temple (Guang Lu), and may mean 'happiness and prosperity' as well as 'gift'.