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A RARE RESERVE-DECORATED BLUE AND ᒞࢧ㤐 Ⳉ঄Ⅾ⩈Ǘ૔ǘಧ㣅㴥ॲ↲ Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
WHITE 'CRANE' DISH
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JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1522-1566) ᚚទ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
The dish is decorated to the interior with a shou character within
a shaped cartouche, supported by a large lingzhi and surrounded
by five cranes in flight amidst clouds and further lingzhi and peach
sprigs, all above froth-capped waves crashing against a rock. The
exterior is similarly decorated with cranes in flight.
12‰ in. (32.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection
Compare two similar examples with this striking design reserved on
a rich blue-ground, the first is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the
Idemitsu Collection, vol. II, no. 706; and a dish formerly from the Avery
Brundage Collection now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,
illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1996, p. 224, no. 421.
A similar related reserve-decorated dish with a fruiting peach tree in
the form of the shou character from the Percival David Foundation, is
illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha series, vol. 6, no. 81.

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