Lot 1319
1319
A RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED DISH
A RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED DISH
A RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED DISH
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PETER M. GREINER
A RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED DISH

XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)

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A RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED DISH
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The dish has shallow, rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of milk-white tone.
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) diam.
Provenance
John Alexander Pope Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 21 November 1973, lot 293.
Sotheby's New York, 20 March 1976, lot 117.
Dr. Peter M. Greiner (1940-2013) Collection.
Literature
Dr. Peter M. Greiner, A Walk into China's Past, Michigan, 1980, no. 60.
Exhibited
Battle Creek, Michigan, A Walk Into China's Past, 1980-1981, no. 60.

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Lot Essay

White-glazed dishes of Xuande date appear in different sizes. Smaller examples include one from the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te Wares, 1980, no. 120, and another from the Alfred Clarke and Jingguantang Collections (5 1/8 in.), sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 555. Dishes of the same size as the present dish include one in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, included in the O.C.S. Exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain, London, 1948, no. 110, and one sold at Christie's New York, 29 November 1990, lot 174.

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