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Lot Essay
It is remarkable to find a dish of this large size covered so evenly with a glaze that was difficult to keep consistent even on much smaller 16th century dishes.
Compare a small unmarked bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, attributed to the Zhengde period, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 159, pl. 144; see also a much smaller Jiajing marked dish in the British Museum, illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London 2001, p. 250 , no. 9:79; and an incised turquoise-glazed dish with a Jiajing mark formerly in the Saint Louis Art Museum, sold in our New York Rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 345.
Compare a small unmarked bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, attributed to the Zhengde period, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 159, pl. 144; see also a much smaller Jiajing marked dish in the British Museum, illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London 2001, p. 250 , no. 9:79; and an incised turquoise-glazed dish with a Jiajing mark formerly in the Saint Louis Art Museum, sold in our New York Rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 345.