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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1990
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
HONGZHI PERIOD (1488-1505)
明弘治 青花纏枝花卉紋大盤
The dish is decorated to the interior with a central roundel enclosing peony blooms growing from dense
leafy foliage, encircled by a wide band of foral scrolls. The exterior is similarly decorated with fower scrolls
below a scroll border to the foot.
18 in. (45.6 cm.) diam.
£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800
PROVENANCE:
Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
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