Lot 1988
1988
A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER-DISH
THE PROPERTY OF A FAR EASTERN COLLECTOR
A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER-DISH

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A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER-DISH
ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)

The rounded sides rising from a tapered ring foot to the slightly everted rim, well painted on the exterior with two dragons striding through cruciform clouds in pursuit of 'flaming pearls' and on the interior with three vaporous clouds encircled by a double-line border below band of classic scroll at the rim
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
The Jingguantang Collection Part II, sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 72
Exhibited
Gems of Chinese Art, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1992, no. 82

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Lot Essay

Slightly larger dishes of this design with Zhengde marks include the one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 74, no. 687; another illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, nos. 105 and 106; and one in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in the Blue and White Wares of the Ming Dynasty, Book IV, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 11.

For a discussion of the origins of this design, see R. Krahl, op. cit., p. 74. A Xuande-marked dish of this pattern was included in the exhibition, Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 29 - December 4, 1949, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 65.

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