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AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE
明宣德 青花穿花龍紋盤
《大明宣德年製》款
with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared 來源：
rim, superbly decorated in rich cobalt-blue tones on the 楊永德收藏
exterior with a pair of five-clawed dragons soaring sinuously 1983年購自上述藏家
amidst peony scrolls and flaming wisps, above a key-fret 展覽：
border skirting the foot, the cavetto of the interior similarly
《求知雅集珍藏中國古陶瓷展》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1981
rendered with a pair of dragons, encircling a central medallion 年，編號65
enclosing a further five-clawed dragon depicted coiling amidst 《中國文物集珍：敏求精舍銀禧紀念展覽》，香港藝術館，香
flaming wisps and meandering scrolls issuing lotus blooms and 港，1985-1986年，編號150
a bud, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within
《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號19
a double circle 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1992年，編號35
19.5 cm, 7⅝ in. 《天民樓青花瓷特展》，上海博物館，上海，1996年
《博古存珍－敏求精舍金禧紀念展》，香港藝術館，香港，2010-11年，
PROVENANCE
編號130
Collection of Yeung Wing Tak.
Acquired from the above, 1983. 出版：
《天民樓珍藏青花瓷器》，上海，1996年，編號36
EXHIBITED
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of
the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 65.
Anthology of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee
Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1985-1986,
cat. no. 150.
Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 19.
Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Chang
Foundation, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 35.
Tianminlou qinghua ci tezhan [Special exhibition of blue and
white porcelain from the Tianminlou collection], Shanghai
Museum, Shanghai, 1996.
The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures: Min Chiu Society
Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong
Kong, 2010-11, cat. no. 130.
LITERATURE
Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou
Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, no. 36.
HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000
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