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A FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE ‘GARDENIA’ DISH

MARK AND PERIOD OF ZHENGDE

明正德 黃地青花梔子花盤

《大明正德年製》款

potted with shallow rounded sides supported on a slightly 來源：
tapered foot, freely painted on the interior with a central 梁義收藏
medallion enclosing a leafy branch bearing two five-petalled 1982年購自上述藏家
gardenia blooms flanking a bud, encircled on the cavetto by 展覽：
fruiting branches of pomegranates, grapes and peaches,
《天民樓藏瓷》，香港藝術館，香港，1987年，編號67
as well as a beribboned lotus bouquet, all within double-line
borders, the exterior with a continuous floral scroll of six
blooming roses borne on a foliate stem between two double-
line borders at the rim and foot, the design rendered in shaded
tones of cobalt against a yellow enamel ground, save for a
white base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a
double circle
19.8 cm, 7¾ in.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Leung Yee.
Acquired from the above, 1982.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 67.

HK$ 1,500,000-2,500,000
US$ 192,000-319,000

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