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A FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE

‘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 展覽：
foliations, rising from a short circular tapered foot to a barbed 《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號6
everted rim, exquisitely decorated in shades of cobalt blue 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992 年，編號22
with ‘heaping and piling’, the interior adorned with a central 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
peony bloom wreathed by meandering scrolls of camellia, 出版：
rose, lotus and hibiscus blossoms, the cavetto with detached 《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號23
sprays of peony, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, hibiscus,
morning glory and lotus, each repeated twice and paired across
the charger, all within a border of scrolling ruyi heads within
double-line bands at the rim, the exterior with similar detached
floral sprays within double-line borders, the base and bevelled
footring left unglazed
38.5 cm, 14⅞ in.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 6.
Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang
Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 22.
Tianminlou qinghua ci tezhan [Special exhibition of blue and
white porcelain from the Tianminlou collection], Shanghai
Museum, Shanghai, 1996.
LITERATURE
Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou
Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, no. 23.

HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000

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