Page 198 - Sotheby's Sir Quo Wei Lei Collection Oct. 3, 2018

140

A RARE AND BRILLIANTLY PAINTED
BLUE AND WHITE BARBED ‘FLORAL’ CHARGER

MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD

明永樂 青花花卉紋菱口折沿盤

with shallow rounded sides divided into twelve bracket 來源：
foliations, rising from a short circular tapered foot to a barbed Eugene Bernat 伉儷收藏
everted rim, exquisitely painted in shades of cobalt blue with
‘heaping and piling’, the interior with a central peony bloom 展覽：
wreathed by meandering scrolls of camellia, rose, lotus and 《Later Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Mr & Mrs
hibiscus blossoms, the cavetto with detached sprays of Eugene Bernat》，Bluett & Sons，倫敦，1974年，圖版III，
peony, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, hibiscus, morning 編號2
glory and lotus, each repeated twice and paired across the 出版：
dish, all within a border of scrolling ruyi heads within double Robert Dart，〈A Blue-and-White Persian Dish and a Ming
lines at the rim, the exterior with similar detached floral sprays Prototype〉，《Far Eastern Ceramics Bulletin》，卷6，編號3
within double-line borders ，1954年，圖版I
38 cm, 15 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr and Mrs Eugene Bernat.
EXHIBITED
Later Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Mr & Mrs
Eugene Bernat, Bluett & Sons, London, 1974, pl. III, no. 2.

LITERATURE
Robert Dart, ‘A Blue-and-White Persian Dish and a Ming
Prototype’, Far Eastern Ceramics Bulletin, vol. VI, no. 3, 1954,
pl. I.

HK$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
US$ 319,000-446,000