HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)

Details

A YELLOW-ENAMELLED DISH
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Collection of Francis Howard Paget
Bluett & Sons, London, acquired from the executors of Francis Howard Paget on 1 October 1945, no. 2934
Collection of F. M. Mayer, acquired from the above on 26 September 1946
Sold at Christie's London, 24 June 1974, lot 100
Collection of Edward Wrangham
Sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2009, lot 119

Literature

Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.196-199, no. 30

Exhibited

Hong Kong Museum of History, The Radiant Ming 1368-1644 through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, cat. no. 17

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

The dish is finely potted with rounded sides rising from a short foot, covered overall with a soft yellow glaze.

Compare to a closely related Hongzhi yellow-enamelled dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, collection number: guci 002885; a larger one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 44, no. 39; and one formerly in the collection of Ms. Dorothy Bushell, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession number: FE.115-1975.

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