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A RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YELLOW- Hongzhi dishes of this design can be found can also be found in the Metropolitan Museum
GROUND ‘GARDENIA’ SAUCER-DISH in several important museum and private of Art, New York, illustrated in Oriental
Hongzhi six-character mark and of the period collections around the world. See two, for Ceramics: The World’s Great Collections, vol.2,
With shallow rounded sides, painted in example, in the National Palace Museum, Tokyo, 1982, pl.16; the Museum of Far Eastern
shaded tones of blue reserved on a rich yellow Taipei, illustrated in Minji meihin zuroku, vol. Antiquities, Stockholm, op.cit., vol. 8, Tokyo,
enamelled ground, the interior with a central II, Tokyo, 1977, pls.72 and 73, together with 1982, pl. 226, from the Kempe Collection.
medallion depicting a single leafy branch their blue-and-white counterparts, pls.70 Another illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese
bearing two five-petalled gardenia blooms and and 71; and one in the Palace Museum, Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,
a bud emerging from the top, encircled in the Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection London, 1994-2010, vol.4, no.1674, was sold
cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th April 2011, lot
grape, peach and a ribboned lotus bouquet, and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red 57. The example from the Sir Percival David
all between double-line borders, the underside (II), Shanghai, 2000, pl.231, together with a Collection, now in the British Museum, London,
with a continuous scroll of blooming peonies Chenghua example, pl.230, and a Zhengde is discussed by M.Medley, Illustrated Catalogue
between double lines at the rim and foot. example, pl.233. Compare also with a dish of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1966,
26.7cm (10 1/2in) diam. in the Shanghai Museum included in the no.A740.
exhibition Chugoku rekidai toji ten/Chinese
£10,000 - 15,000 ceramics through the ages, Seibu Art Museum, A similar dish was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
CNY88,000 - 130,000 Tokyo, 1984, no.80. Similar ‘gardenia’ dishes Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 226.
明弘治 黃地青花梔子花盤
青花「大明弘治年製」楷書款

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