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AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND YELLOW-GLAZED ‘FLORAL SCROLL’ DISH

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The shallow dish is decorated on the interior with four peony blossoms borne on two leafy, scrolling
stems within a double circle, and on the exterior with peony scroll, all on a rich egg-yolk yellow
ground.
7 in. (18 cm.) diam.

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Asia, acquired prior to 1949.

Yellow-ground blue and white wares frst appeared in the early Ming period, and were produced
in large quantities during the 15th and 16th centuries. Floral motifs were particularly popular
designs for this color combination; see, for example, a dish decorated with a peony spray
excavated from the Xuande stratum in Zhushan, illustrated in Xuande Imperial Porcelain excavated
at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1998, no. 85-3, or one example with gardenia, and another with peony, from
the Hongzhi and Zhengde periods respectively, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), Hong Kong, 200, nos.
213 and 232. However most examples of this type are larger, circular dishes, or smaller, square
dishes: the present small dish appears to be a rare example of its kind.
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