拍品专文
For similar examples see the saucer-dish illustrated in the Kau chi Society Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, Catalogue, no.89, Porcelains Decorated in Underglaze-Blue and Copper-Red in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, Catalogue, A651; Sekai Toji Zenshu, Kawadeshoba Series 11, no.91; Underglaze Blue and Red, Shanghai Museum, no.154; Chinese Ceramics from the Idemitsu Collection, Catalogue, no.178; the Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Catalogue, 1964, no.46; The Leventritt Collection in the Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949, Catalogue, no.101; by Ayers, Chinese Cermics in the Koger Collection, pl.54; and in Blue and White Porcelain from the collection of Mrs Alfred Clark, Spinks, 1974, pl.34
Comparable dishes are also illustrated in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, Catalogue, vol.IIII, pl.VII, no.D18, sold in London 29 May 1940; the Tyson Collection included in the Exhibition of Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue, no.89; and by Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, pl.104; by Garner, Oriental Blue and White, pl.464, in the Exhibition of Chinese Art, Venice, Catalogue, 1954, no.663; the Percival David Collection, Catalogue, section III, no.A651, pl.XVI, Stockholm Blue and White, Catalogue, 1964, p.51, no.46; O.C.S. Exhibition, The Animal in Chinese Art, Catalogue, 1968, no.34; another in the Riesco Collection at the Arts Council, Catalogue, December 1953, no.127
To find a Zhengde dish of this size, painted with this design is unusual, the fine design being seen as one of the 'trademarks of this period', and hence this dish represents an important example
Garner, in Oriental Blue and White, pp.30-31, points out that this group of wares of the Zhengde period, was one of the types which had a four-character mark, while others were painted with a six-character mark, all of Imperial quality
A similar dish is illustrated in the sixth guan tu (scroll of antiquities), of the Imperial Collection of Yongzheng, which was sold in London 19 May 1939, lot.62, being by the Empress Dowager to Colonel A.H. Moorhead, I.M.S., now in the Sir Percival David Collection
Similar examples were sold in these Rooms, 12 December 1988, lot.171 and in London, 27-28 October 1992, lot. 41
Comparable dishes are also illustrated in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, Catalogue, vol.IIII, pl.VII, no.D18, sold in London 29 May 1940; the Tyson Collection included in the Exhibition of Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue, no.89; and by Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, pl.104; by Garner, Oriental Blue and White, pl.464, in the Exhibition of Chinese Art, Venice, Catalogue, 1954, no.663; the Percival David Collection, Catalogue, section III, no.A651, pl.XVI, Stockholm Blue and White, Catalogue, 1964, p.51, no.46; O.C.S. Exhibition, The Animal in Chinese Art, Catalogue, 1968, no.34; another in the Riesco Collection at the Arts Council, Catalogue, December 1953, no.127
To find a Zhengde dish of this size, painted with this design is unusual, the fine design being seen as one of the 'trademarks of this period', and hence this dish represents an important example
Garner, in Oriental Blue and White, pp.30-31, points out that this group of wares of the Zhengde period, was one of the types which had a four-character mark, while others were painted with a six-character mark, all of Imperial quality
A similar dish is illustrated in the sixth guan tu (scroll of antiquities), of the Imperial Collection of Yongzheng, which was sold in London 19 May 1939, lot.62, being by the Empress Dowager to Colonel A.H. Moorhead, I.M.S., now in the Sir Percival David Collection
Similar examples were sold in these Rooms, 12 December 1988, lot.171 and in London, 27-28 October 1992, lot. 41