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A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR 明成化 青花高仕圖圓屏心
PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA 來源：
PERIOD 紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號1477

of flattened circular form, one face liberally
painted in the lively ‘windswept’ style, depicting
three scholars engaged in a discussion, each
cloaked in long belted robes and wearing an
official hat, accompanied by two attendants
holding a qin and a book respectively, all amongst
an open landscape framed by semi barren trees,
beneath a pyramidal altar surmounted by a lotus
flower supporting the flaming jewels emerging
from vaporous clouds
29.3 cm, 11½ in.

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 15th September 2011, lot
1477.

HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 103,000-154,000

This plaque is impressive for its skilled
combination of pencilled lines with soft washes
of underglaze blue, which creates a sense of a
secluded landscape. Plaques of this type which
are unglazed on the back, were often mounted as
table screens and used in scholar’s studio.

A slightly smaller circular plaque painted in a
similar style with the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara,
was sold in our London rooms, 15th December
1981, lot 189; another was sold in these rooms, 1st
December 1977, lot 404, and again at Christie’s
New York, 18th/19th September 2014, lot 846;
and a third, painted with a scene of a scholar and
a lady in a garden, and with a classic scroll border,
was sold in our London rooms, 1st February 1966,
lot 94. See also a rectangular plaque painted with
scholars in landscape, sold twice in our London
rooms, 10th December 1968, lot 64, and 3rd April
1979, lot 154, and most recently at Bonhams
London, 10th November 2003, lot 103, from the
collection of Anthony du Boulay.

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