JIAJING UNDERGLAZE-BLUE SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A RARE MING CAFE-AU-LAIT-GLAZED DISH
JIAJING UNDERGLAZE-BLUE SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The dish is finely potted with shallow, rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, and is covered overall with an attractive, even glaze of lustrous golden brown tone. Faint traces of a design of dragons chasing flaming pearls is visible on the interior and exterior.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance

J.M. Hu Collection.

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Lot Essay

It is very rare to find café-au-lait-glazed porcelain from the Jiajing period, although a slightly smaller Jiajing-marked dish in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 63, no. 57, together with a deep bowl, p. 62, no. 56. Compare, also, another coffee-brown-glazed Jiajing bowl in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in Monochrome Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book II, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 13.

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