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PROPERTY FROM THE ZHUYUETANG COLLECTION
竹月堂珍藏
2998

A MING-STYLE TIANBAI-GLAZED ANHUA- Monochromes in the early Ming dynasty demonstrate the origins of
technological expertise and of scholarly admiration for high-fired single-
DECORATED ‘LOTUS’ DISH coloured glazes. The current lot is modelled after the highly coveted
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY tianbai (sweet white) porcelains from the Yongle period. Compare the
current lot to a closely related example dated to the Yongle period, in
Exceptionally thinly potted with wide rounded sides and a gently the National Palace Museum, Taipei, also illustrated in Pleasingly Pure
flared rim, the dish is finely decorated in anhua around the cavetto and Lustrous: Porcelains from the Yongle Reign of the Ming Dynasty,
with a continuous lotus scroll. The centre is decorated with the Taipei, 2017, p. 34-35. Both dishes show finely executed anhua
decoration, with the one in the Palace Museum decorated with dragons
bagua within two crossed double-vajra, applied overall with an and clouds.
unctuous white glaze.
8 in.(20.2 cm.) diam., box
清十八世紀 甜白釉暗花蓮花八卦十字金剛杵紋盤
HK$400,000-700,000 US$52,000-90,000 本拍品仿效永樂時期備受推崇的甜白釉。比較國立故宮博物院藏一近似
例，飾雲龍紋暗花，著錄於《適於心：明代永樂皇帝的瓷器》，台北，
2017 年，34-35 頁。

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