ZHENGDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1506 - 1521)

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A MING BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON DISH
Zhengde four-character mark and of the period (1506 - 1521)
The central roundel painted with a five-clawed dragon amidst lotus scrolls within a double circle, the well with two further five-clawed dragons amidst scrolling lotus, the reverse similarly painted below the flaring rim and above a ruyi band
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar dish in Qing Hua You Li Hong (Underglaze Blue and Red), Shanghai, 1987, p.155, no.154. Another comparable Zhengde-marked dish is in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt in Ming Porcelain, New York, 1978, p. 132, no. 104 and also in Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration: Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, Percival David Foundation, London, 10 June - 10 September 1992, p. 71, no. 69.

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