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AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GLAZED DISH
ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)
The dish is raised on a low tapering foot ring and has rounded sides faring to an
everted rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of rich egg-yolk yellow.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
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.
For two similar dishes, one slightly larger and the other slightly smaller
than the present example, see J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British
Museum, London, 2001, p. 205, nos. 8:27 and 8:28. Another similar dish
was sold in Marchant: Nine Decades in Chinese Art; Christie’s New York, 14
September 2017, lot 735.
(reverse)
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