A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY-MING BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISH XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) The dish is painted in deep cobalt tones in the interior with a lotus scroll in a central medallion with four blooms revolving around a central flower, the well with a similar scroll but with the flowers shown in profile, all within a narrow classic-scroll band below the rim, the reverse with a continuous chrysanthemum meander between a classic-scroll band around the foot and a key-fret band below the rim. The reign mark is written to one side between the floral scroll and the key-fret. The base is unglazed. 10 ¾ in. (27.6 cm.) diam, box Provenance Sam P. Williams Sold at Christie’s New York, 9 November 1981, lot 114 Sold at Christie’s London, 9 June 1997, lot 63
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY-MING BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISH XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) The dish is painted in deep cobalt tones in the interior with a lotus scroll in a central medallion with four blooms revolving around a central flower, the well with a similar scroll but with the flowers shown in profile, all within a narrow classic-scroll band below the rim, the reverse with a continuous chrysanthemum meander between a classic-scroll band around the foot and a key-fret band below the rim. The reign mark is written to one side between the floral scroll and the key-fret. The base is unglazed. 10 ¾ in. (27.6 cm.) diam, box Provenance Sam P. Williams Sold at Christie’s New York, 9 November 1981, lot 114 Sold at Christie’s London, 9 June 1997, lot 63
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