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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISH

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
The interior is decorated in Ming style with a lotus bouquet encircled by seven blossoms borne
on a continuous leafy meander below a band of classic scroll. The exterior is decorated en suite
with foral scroll between bands of key fret and classic scroll.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, New York.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York.

The design on this dish is a close copy of the pattern found on larger Yongle period dishes,
known as ‘lotus bouquet’. An early 15th century example is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese
Ceramics in the Topkapi Museum Istanbul, vol. II, Yuan and Ming Porcelains, London, 1986,
p.514, no. 604. See, also, fve similar early 15th century dishes illustrated by J. A. Pope in
Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 30 and 31, where the author
mentions that there are seventeen of these dishes in the Ardebil Shrine collection.
清乾隆 青花一把蓮盤 六字篆書款