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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER
BASKET’ DISH
WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
painted in shades of dark blue with an
arrangement of varying blooms in an arched-
handled basket, a frieze of fans, leaves,
pomegranate and waterweed and double
lines encircling the cavetto, the exterior with
flowering boughs and insects, the base with a
six-character mark in underglaze blue within a
double circle
Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 29th November 1988, lot
182.
$ 8,000-12,000

明萬曆 青花花籃紋盤
《大明萬曆年製》款

來源 682
紐約蘇富比1988年11月29日，編號182

683

A BLUE AND WHITE POLYCHROME-
ENAMELED ‘FLOWER BASKET’ DISH
WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
the shallow rounded sides resting on a straight
foot and rising to an everted rim, the center
enclosing a basket of lush peonies and prunus
branches, accents of iron red and enamel at
the base and handle, the cavetto painted with
free-floating branches, leaves, and auspicious
objects including fans and pairs of dharma
wheels, the exterior with sprays of peonies and
chrysanthemums and two small butterflies,
the recessed base with a six-character mark in
underglaze blue within a double circle
Diameter 11¾ in., 29.5 cm
$ 8,000-12,000

明萬曆 青花加彩花籃紋盤
《大明萬曆年製》款

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