A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) Finely potted with shallow, rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot ring. The dish is well painted in a vibrant, even cobalt blue on the interior with four lotus blossoms borne on a leafy, branching vine spiraling outward from a flowerhead in the centre, all within a double-line border below composite flower meander comprising six adjacent pairs of flowerheads including peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and camellia and borne on a slender vine in the well and a narrow band of keyfret at the rim. The exterior is adorned with a further frieze of flower scroll incorporating six different pairs of flowers set between a narrow band of lingzhi meander above and a band of conjoined trefoils below. The reign mark is written in a line on the exterior below the rim, and the biscuit base burnt orange in the firing. 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) diam.
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) Finely potted with shallow, rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot ring. The dish is well painted in a vibrant, even cobalt blue on the interior with four lotus blossoms borne on a leafy, branching vine spiraling outward from a flowerhead in the centre, all within a double-line border below composite flower meander comprising six adjacent pairs of flowerheads including peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and camellia and borne on a slender vine in the well and a narrow band of keyfret at the rim. The exterior is adorned with a further frieze of flower scroll incorporating six different pairs of flowers set between a narrow band of lingzhi meander above and a band of conjoined trefoils below. The reign mark is written in a line on the exterior below the rim, and the biscuit base burnt orange in the firing. 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) diam.
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