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A BLUE AND WHITE FOLIATE-RIM ‘DRAGONS’ DISH
Jiajing six-character mark and of the period
19cm (7 1/2in) diam.

明嘉靖 青花龍紋花口盤
青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款

Provenance:
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London
R.H.R Palmer (1898-1970), acquired from the above in February 1928,
Collection no.144

Published and Exhibited:
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Ming Blue-and-White Porcelain, London,
1946, no.74
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain:
14th to 19th Centuries: Loan Exhibition, London, 1953-1954, no.153

來源：
倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.
R.H.R Palmer（1898-1970）於1928年2月購自上者，典藏編號144

展覽著錄：
倫敦東方陶瓷學會，《Ming Blue-and-White Porcelain》，倫敦，1946
年，編號74
倫敦東方陶瓷學會，《Chinese Blue and White Porcelain: 14th to
19th Centuries: Loan Exhibition》，倫敦，1953-1954年，編號153

The present dish is extremely rare and unusual. The delicate petals that during that festival. The Jiajing Emperor was particularly concerned
form the rim would have been especially difficult to successfully fire, with Immortality, auspiciousness and Daoist rituals; thus many
which may also explain the rarity of this shape among dishes. decorative motifs were associated with longevity. Chrysanthemums
were emblematic of longevity and fertility, because of their health-giving
Chrysanthemums have long been associated with the ‘Double Nine’ properties when drunk as a wine or tea.
festival, also known as the ‘Chrysanthemum’ festival, when on the
ninth day of the ninth month families gather to pay respect to their See a blue and white foliate-rim dish, Wanli/Tianqi, but with design of
departed ancestors. It was customary to climb a high mountain, drink deer and pine, illustrated in Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain
chrysanthemum wine and visit the ancestral grave while praying for From the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, 1990, p.38, no.2.
long life. It is possible therefore, that this dish was made to be used

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