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A MING YELLOW-GLAZED DISH
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND
OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)

The interior and exterior of the dish are decorated with an even pale yellow glaze, supported on a short
tapered foot.
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) diam.

£15,000-25,000 $22,000-35,000
€19,000-32,000

(mark) PROVENANCE:

From the collection of an English gentleman of title. Acquired prior to the 1950s and thence by descent
within the family.

See a similar Hongzhi mark and period yellow-glazed dish in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul,
illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, p. 447, no. 774;
and another one in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming
Porcelain, Fribourg, 1986, pl. 113.

明弘治 黃釉盤 雙圈雙行六字楷書款

來源: 英國貴族私人珍藏，購自1950年代以前並由家族繼承至今

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