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             Yongle ‘sweet-white’ dishes of this form in the imperial collection were in the
             Kangxi period (1662-1722) selected to be decorated in the imperial enameling   ੰဢɓಃd໋ख़׵ഓຫ۬ʕண೗๻Ъdഹ፯੿
             workshops that the Emperor had set up inside the Forbidden City in Beijing.   ᔛ͑ᆀ଩ͣᆵ̋˸ᖭུfਞϽɓԷdЧԱߣɪ
             A similar dish with such later palace enameling, probably roughly following   Ս೥݄೗๻੹dԈ૶ࢗʕ೗๻੹ନत࢝‘d
             a similar engraved pattern underneath, was included in the exhibition Qing   ਷݂ͭࢗ௹ي৫d̨̏d1992ϋdᇜ໮1ʿɓ೹
                                                                                    ʃ͑ᆀᆵԷd९ͣdΝҖdฮྌʆ঩ڀ७dᇜ໮
             gongzhong falangcai ci tezhan/Special Exhibition of Ch’ing Dynasty Enamelled
                                                                                    2iɓԷˉʂଫʃd͵९ͣdฮྌڀ̓७d࢝ቇ
             Porcelains of the Imperial Ateliers, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1992,
                                                                                    ׵ː{׼˾͑ᆀެ܎ٙନኜ‘d਷݂ͭࢗ௹ي
             cat. no. 1, together with a slightly smaller plain white Yongle dish of this form
                                                                                    ৫d̨̏d2017ϋdྡ፽ࠫ44f
             with incised camellia design, cat. no. 2; a slightly smaller plain white dish with
             incised " oral design was also included in the exhibition Shi yu xin: Mingdai   ̤ԈɓԷၾ͉ᆵϓ࿁dޫމ  Carl  Kempe  ௹
             Yongle huangdi de ciqi/Pleasingly Pure and Lustrous: Porcelains from the   ɻᔚᔛdਯ׵ˋኇᘽబˢ2008ϋ6˜12˚d
                                                                                    ᇜ໮41i͵Ԉɓᆵ޴ͷdࡡ  Nora  Lundgren
             Yongle Reign (1403-1424) of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum,
                                                                                    ˃ ɛႅdତ ൧؇ ԭ௹ ي ᎜d౶ ᅃ ࡩ ဧ ᅙd
             Taipei, 2017, catalogue p. 44.
                                                                                    ಀ࢝׵Mostra d’Arte Cinese/Exhibition
             The pair to this dish, also from the Kempe collection, was sold in our Paris   of  Chinese  Art‘dᐼຖࢗd۾̵౶d1954
                                                                                    ϋdᇜ໮589iΎԈɓᆵԷd፽  Denise  Patry
             rooms, 12th June 2008, lot 41; a similar dish from the collection of Mrs.
                                                                                    LeidydTreasures  of  Asian  Art:  The  Asia
             Nora Lundgren, now in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm,
                                                                                    Society’s Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
             was included in the Mostra d’Arte Cinese/Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo   3rd  Collection‘dॲߒd1994ϋdྡو16iʥ
             Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 589; another is illustrated in Denise Patry Leidy,   ϞɓᆵԷdόᅵ޴Νdਯ׵ࡐ౱Գɻ੻1969ϋ
             Treasures of Asian Art: The Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd   10˜13˚dᇜ໮101f
             Collection, New York, 1994, pl. 16; and one further dish of this design was sold
                                                                                    C a r l   K e m p e   ௹ɻɗ๿Պϗᔛɽ࢕dߒІ
             at Christie’s London, 13th October 1969, lot 101.
                                                                                    1930ϋৎᒤઋʕ਷ᖵஔf1935ϋிஞʕ਷
                                                                                    ܝd௹ɻ֐ਖ਼Ҹʕ਷ఊЍͣཊନdཁऒ΢ᗳۨ
             Dr. Carl Kempe was an important Swedish collector whose interest in Chinese
                                                                                    ʿϋ˾i˼͵ଟ΋ᗫءʕ਷ږვኜfՉඩᔛ
             art started around 1930. He visited China in 1935 and soon after began
                                                                                    ͟  Bo  Gyllensvärd  ௹ɻᅠഹྡ፽dۧᇍЇ
             to concentrate on Chinese monochrome white ceramics of all types and
                                                                                    ʦfCarl  Kempe  ௹ɻࠠอࡌᔍࡡމެ࢕ࢗ߹
             periods. He also developed a pioneering interest in Chinese gold and silver.   ʘ  Ekolsund  CastledԨਗ਼Չखᖍޜᔛ௓ΐՉ
             The catalogues of his collection, written by Dr. Bo Gyllensvärd, have become   ʕf௹ɻᒔಀ࠾̈ɤቱ΁ޜᔛၚۜʚዝ̦׌ɽ
             standard reference works. He kept his extensive collection in a museum-style   ࢝ʕ਷ᖵஔ਷ყ࢝ᚎึ‘dެ࢕ᖵஔኪ৫dࡐ
             display at Ekolsund Castle, a former royal castle he had restored. He lent over   ౱d1935Ї1936ϋfCarl  Kempe  ௹ɻଭ͛ה
             a dozen pieces to the ground-breaking International Exhibition of Chinese Art,   ᔛɽε׵2008ϋ຾࠰ಥeࡐ౱ʿˋኇᘽబˢ
                                                                                    ᙑ̈f
             Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-36. Most of his collection was sold in
             2008 in a series of sales at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, London and Paris.
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