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fig. 2 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 3 Sold at Chirstie's Hong Kong,
எՀ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅ 28 October 2002, lot 525
எӲ 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
3037 Continued

The present dish is an extremely rare example of large blue and Ɽऑ卿Ɽⵘᆨ೅卿଍೅ߎࢦݪ≓卿⏎ᇵ㫐஄ݤ⥾ᐙ៨⸥⡠卿஄ം㱈ս⒢
white lobed dishes from the Hongwu period, and it seems to be the ᦂǮ⁍ԕǮⳍⱤࣿⴵⱤǯݤǮം೅㱈սᐙ៨⸥⡠卿ݤǮംऑᯒ㱈ᱡ᱖⡠ǯ
only dish of this type that has appeared at auction recently. The only
other example from this group of the same pattern was excavated at ۔ӽᰪ᫋㬪Ɽഌ⏎ᥑݯ⧎㇦卿㘆ჺᐽ㐈ႪౚӳַតᝳᏒ㇦卿⩧ӻ⣌⎉ヿ
Zhushan Jingdezhen, and is illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle ⎏۔ӽ৅ԋ卿㱈ս୨໋Ɽࢭ⡠⩢ַۣᝳ᫉׾ǯݻ⩢卿᫉⏎㬪Ɽ⎉ⰰḼ㚷卿
Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1996, pp. 116-117, no. 26 (45.6 㖅ऱឆ㘆ַ׾ӳ㬪Ɽഅ१Ọᜡ⎏→㎜ᝳݏḞǮ㸓ᚺ㉓അǯ᫉⏎ԠⅧ㏟卿
cm. diam.)(fig. 1). The Qing Court collection has a few similar dishes
with lobed rims but different decorations. The closest examples are two 㑷㇦Ӭᙚǯᜀᇪ㤯ⅸྒྷᚺᇙࣳᝪ߅கӬ։⡠㱈⏟ऱ⎏׾ຽ卿㇦Ƕᜀᇪ㤯
dishes with the same subsidiary motifs but chrysanthemums to the ߅கᚺߝ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯ
centre in blue and white, one is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, ᳖༈⯠⻦ԋᝳ⡠㱈Ӷऱ⎏ᰪ᫋㬪Ɽഌ⏎卿ݯԋᝳ⡠㱈⯝᫉㘆Ԣ⏟ऱ⩢卿
accession number: guci-016610 (44.5 cm. diam.)(fig. 2), the other is ዂݯ⏎ᇵ㱈սഎᴓ⒢ࣿⴵ⡠卿㇦झ࢈இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴㩴⻦⤔⽚厍ᘢ
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with ≢ 卻ॲ̤卼卿ࣿᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ㬪Ɽ㞏ㅏ⡚卻ӳ卼Ƿ卿
Underglazed Red (I), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 23, no. 21 (45.5 cm. diam.). 㲞ᳰ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯऔࣻ⩠ݦ։ݤǮം೅㱈ᐙ៨Ɽࢭ⡠卿ݤǮംऑᯒ㱈ս
Compare also to two further lobed dishes painted with composite floral ᇺސ⡠Ԡ׾ຽ卿Ӭ⏎ᇵ㱈ྒྷ⒢⁍ԕকⴵⱤ卿औӬ㖅ഌ卻⏜ᇎ ݩߎ卼卿
sprays on the cavetto and exterior, and a band of classic scroll on the ⏎ᇵ㱈սྒྷ⒢⁍ԕ卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ㬪Ɽ㞏ㅏ⡚卻ӳ卼Ƿ卿
everted rim, one with peonies and chrysanthemum to the centre (44.8 㲞ᳰ卿எ‸ ࣿ ⽚ǯ
cm. diam.), the other larger and with peonies and rock to the centre
(55.8 cm. diam.), see ibid., nos. 20 and 22, respectively. The underglaze- औजᬘ㖅ऱឆ⎏㞏ㅏ⡚Ɽऑഌ⏎卿ݯ⡠㱈ׁ཭അ⯝㬪Ɽ㯸ַ卿ൈⶃ㞓Ǯ
blue decoration on the present dish is of a rich and even dark blue tone,
a quality that is rarely seen on Hongwu blue and white dishes which ⅌Ⳍలݎᇌ㙬⻦Ӭ։卿ݎᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅
tend to have a duller and blackish tone. ⽚卻ॲ˖卼卿ݻᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿
ݯ㩶Ի⏎ᇵ㱈սⴵ⡠սം卿ݯ㱛⡠㱈⯝᫉⏟ऱǯ
Large lobed dishes from the Hongwu period were also decorated using
underglaze-red, often with a similar pattern to that found on the blue
and white counterpart. See for example, a dish painted with nearly
identical subsidiary bands but with chrysanthemum to the centre (45.2
cm. diam.) from the Manno Art Museum, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
28 October 2002, lot 525 (fig. 3), then acquired by the Meiyintang
Collection, and sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 43.

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