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The painted decoration, which on the Hongwu examples is very precise and
orderly, in the Yongle reign became much more lively and less formal. On the ሞʿ७ུdݳ؛e͑ᆀՇಃ೥ࠬ͵ʔးΝdݳ؛
present dish, the graceful rose design seems to be in motion, the buds swaying ၚ୚Ϟҏd͑ᆀۆᜳਗᎇ׌f͉ۜהᖭᚂ،ڀ
in the wind, and the lotus sprays seem to be dancing, their stems swirling in ̓dᎴඩཡ͑dڀጶЧڎࠬศϝdݺЍ͛࠰i૵
di# erent directions. Similar Yongle dishes also exist with other related " ower ኣɪུұ،ᇳڀd،ᇶੈᔷ׵ʔΝ˙Σd֟ν
designs, but the present pattern is particularly impressive because of its ੏ࢄৎႀfΝᗳ͑ᆀᆵd͵ԈՉ˼ڀ̓७٫d್
͉ԷұضஈႾུऎ˥७dഅᙃ୑׳ଟ׌d࠴ᄣ
powerful wave border with undulating and crescent waves painted in thick
዆᜗७ུܛਗʘชdዹዹ̣ɛΙ൥ଉՍf
brush strokes, reinforcing the sense of movement which pervades the whole
pattern. ਞϽɓ޴ᗳ͑ᆀᆵԷdᔛ׵̨̏਷݂ͭࢗ௹ي
৫d̊׵৫࢝ྡ፽ቇ׵ːj׼˾͑ᆀެ܎ٙ
A dish of this design in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included ନኜ‘d̨̏d2017ϋdࠫ60dΝࣣ̤༱ɓڀɹ
in the Museum’s exhibition Shi yu xin: Mingdai Yongle huangdi de ciqi/ ʃް€ࠫ61dϤᗳްၾᆵאϓࢁԴ͜iՉ᎜
Pleasingly Pure and Lustrous: Porcelains from the Yongle Reign (1403-1424) ᔛ̤Ԉɓ޴ڐ͑ᆀʃᆵd࢝Ԩ፽׵׼˾ڋϋ
of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2017, catalogue, p. 60, where it is illustrated ନኜत࢝ͦ፽‘d਷݂ͭࢗ௹ي৫d̨̏d1982
ϋdᇜ໮42d੹ྡfɪऎ௹ي᎜πɓ܁ᅃᆵԷd
together with a small bracket-lobed cup, p. 61, of a type that may have been
፽׵௔׼ശdɪऎ௹ي᎜ᔛۜ޼Ӻɽӻs׼
used together with such dishes; that dish was also included in the exhibition
˾֜㜺ନኜ‘dɪऎd2007ϋdྡو1 23f
Mingdai chunian ciqi tezhan mulu/Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Early
Ming Period Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1982, cat. no. 42, ̤̙ਞϽɓ޴ᗳԷdމ Ferris Luboshez ɪ੘
where it is illustrated in color. Another dish of this design, but attributed to the ʿ˃ɛᔚᔛd࢝Ԩ̊׵Exhibition of Chinese
Xuande period, is in the Shanghai Museum, published in Lu Minghua, Shanghai Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection‘d৵
Ԣᚆɽኪߕஔ᎜dኪ৫̹d৵Ԣᚆψd1972ϋd
Bowuguan cangpin yanjiu daxi/Studies of the Shanghai Museum Collections:
ᇜ໮129dྡو9dܝɧܓਯ׵࠰ಥᘽబˢdʱ
A Series of Monographs. Mingdai guanyao ciqi [Ming imperial porcelain],
йމ1973ϋ11˜16˚dᇜ໮137i1977ϋ11˜29
Shanghai, 2007, pl. 1-23.
˚dᇜ໮24˸ʿ1990ϋ5˜15˚dᇜ໮21dԨ፯
፽׵࠰ಥᘽబˢɚɤ඄ϋ€1973{1993‘d
A similar dish from the collection of Captain and Mrs. Ferris Luboshez,
࠰ಥd1993ϋdᇜ໮70i͵ԈɓԷdʱй຾ͣᚆ
included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection,
ɻ౱eW H Roberts ˃ɛ˸ʿႻ੽ࠃ჈ᔛdܝ
University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, Maryland, 1972, cat. no. 129 ਯ׵ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1978ϋ3˜30˚dᇜ໮175d˸
and illustrated as ! g. 9, was sold three times in our Hong Kong rooms, 16th ʿ࠰ಥᘽబˢ1987ϋ5˜19˚dᇜ໮239iΎ̙
November 1973, lot 137; 29th November 1977, lot 24; and 15th May 1990, lot ˢՇ޴ᗳԷd७ུၾ͉ۜ޴ڐd್ɹضᖭұ،ڀ
21, and is illustrated in Sotheby’s Hong Kong – Twenty Years, 1973-1993, Hong ̓७dϾڢऎ˥७d݂яତʘࣖ؈࿚್ʔΝjԷ
Kong, 1993, pl. 70; another from the collections of A.D. Brankston, Mrs. W. H. ɓމ Richard Bryant Hobart ඩႅdܝɦމ F
Roberts, and later T.Y. Chao, was sold in our London rooms, 30th March 1978, Gordon Morrill ޜᔛdಀ࢝׵ William Hayes
Fogg ᖵஔ௹ي᎜d۞Нɽኪdᄏ዗d৵ᔜመ෦
lot 175, and in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1987, lot 239; compare also
ψd׵1969ϋ12˜12˚ਯ׵ॲߒᘽబˢdᇜ໮
two other dishes of this design, but with small " oral sprigs instead of the waves
254dܝਯ׵ॲߒ Doyle שርБd2003ϋ9˜
around the rim, thus creating a completely di# erent impression: one from the 16˚dᇜ໮80iԷɚۆਯ׵࠰ಥᘽబˢ1999ϋ
collections of Richard Bryant Hobart and later F. Gordon Morrill, exhibited 11˜1˚dᇜ໮314f
at the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, sold in these rooms, 12th December 1969, lot 254, and at
Doyle, New York, 16th September 2003, lot 80; the other sold in our Hong
st
Kong rooms, 1 November 1999, lot 314.