Lot Essay
A similar dish is illustrated by J. Harrison Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p.269, no.10:3
Details
A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE DISH
LONGQING FOUR-CHARACTER SEALMARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1567-1572)
With gently curved sides and canted corners, the interior painted in rich violet-blue tones with a central panel enclosing two court ladies standing beneath a tree in a fenced garden setting, the well with four blossoming peony sprays below double lines at the rim, the exterior painted to each side with a fruiting peach spray
4¾ in. (12 cm.) square
LONGQING FOUR-CHARACTER SEALMARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1567-1572)
With gently curved sides and canted corners, the interior painted in rich violet-blue tones with a central panel enclosing two court ladies standing beneath a tree in a fenced garden setting, the well with four blossoming peony sprays below double lines at the rim, the exterior painted to each side with a fruiting peach spray
4¾ in. (12 cm.) square
Provenance
Christie's London, 16 June 1994, lot 453
Messrs S. Marchant and Son, London, 1994
Anthony du Boulay Collection no. P157, sold at Bonham's London, 10 November 2003, lot 111
Messrs S. Marchant and Son, London, 1994
Anthony du Boulay Collection no. P157, sold at Bonham's London, 10 November 2003, lot 111
Exhibited
The London Asian Art Fair, Porcelain for Emperors, June 2003, Catalogue no.19
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