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735 AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GLAZED DISH

ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE For two similar dishes, one slightly larger and the other
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521) slightly smaller than the present example, see J. Harrison-
Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001,
The dish is raised on a low tapering foot ring and has rounded p. 205, nos. 8:27 and 8:28.
sides faring to an everted rim, and covered inside and out
with a glaze of rich egg-yolk yellow. 明正德 黃釉盤 雙圈六字楷書款
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
(reverse)
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Bluett & Sons, London, 1950s.
Private collection, Europe.

Monochrome yellow glazes were typically used to decorate
dishes and bowls in the late 15th-16th centuries, such as
the present dish. Although they are believed to have been
manufactured for the sole use of the Imperial court, it
appears that some also found their way abroad, probably as
diplomatic gifts. John Alexander Pope mentions that there
are sixteen monochrome yellow-glazed wares amongst the
Chinese porcelains dedicated to the Ardebil Shrine by Shah
Abbas in 1611. These sixteen pieces date to the Hongzhi,
Zhengde, Jiajing and Wanli periods. See J. A. Pope, Chinese
Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, p. 151.

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