A RARE BLUE AND YELLOW DISH

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A RARE BLUE AND YELLOW DISH
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The wide flat centre of the shallow dish painted in underglaze-blue with a ribboned double-vajra motif within a double circle, enclosed by a band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems also tied with flowing ribbons, all below the steep low rim encircled on the exterior by a key-fret border, a band of blue-ground lotus petal lappets around the high slightly splayed foot, all reserved on a pale yellow-enamel ground, the interior of the foot glazed white
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

It is rare to find dishes of this pattern in this palette. However, the pattern exists in blue and white wares, cf. a 15th century example of a bowl illustrated by Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, pl. 62. For a discussion on the early Ming origins of the crossed double vajra motif in blue and white, and an illustrated Chenghua period comparison, cf. Addis, Chinese Porcelain from the Addis Collection, pp. 50-51 and pl. 21; cf. also the dish excavated from a tomb in Jingdezhen dated to 1453 illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, p. 531.

(US$11,000-13,000)

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