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PROPERTY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, 1227 1229
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ART ACQUISITIONS FUND A RARE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
(LOTS 1227-1236) 1228
A BLUE AND WHITE BOWL MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
1227
A RARE WHITE-GLAZED CUP STAND XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN The center of the dish is boldly decorated with tree
UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE peony bearing three blossoms growing around
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) a rock formation within a braided border, and
The exterior of the cup holder is carved with The interior is decorated with a central lotus below a band of gardenia scroll bearing six large
upright overlapping petals, and is set within the medallion surrounded by a continuous frieze blossoms in the well, while the exterior is encircled
integral ‘saucer’ carved as six radiating petals. The of composite foral scroll bearing six blossoms by a band of peony scroll bearing eight large
whole is set on a splayed pedestal foot decorated alternating with buds in the well. The exterior is blossoms.
with inverted petals and is covered with an opaque decorated with leafy lotus scroll beneath a key fret
glaze of pale bluish-white tone. border and above a band of petals and a band of 13¡ in. (34 cm.) diam.
7Ω in. (19 cm.) wide classic scroll encircling the foot.
6¬ in. (17.1 cm.) diam. $12,000-18,000
$6,000-8,000
$15,000-25,000 PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection. accessioned in 1983.
accessioned in 1985. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana,
accessioned in 1984. LITERATURE
元 白釉菊瓣紋盞托
LITERATURE S. Little, The Herzman Collection, privately
published, 2000, p. 83, in the section of gifts to the
S. Little, The Herzman Collection, privately Indianapolis Museum of Art.
printed, 2000, p. 82, in the section of gifts to the
Indianapolis Museum of Art. Compare the dish with similar decoration
明宣德 青花纏枝花卉紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款 between bands of classic scroll on the interior,
but with a barbed rim, illustrated by John A.
1228 (mark) Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine,
Washington, 1956, pl. 78, no. 29.131, and a
236 similar dish, also with barbed rim, illustrated by
D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, New York,
1978, pl. 88. Another similar dish, with a similar
braided border on the interior, from the J. T. Tai
Foundation, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 21
May 1985, lot 14. See, also, the similar dish with
a braided border, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese
Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul,
Vol. II, London, 1986, p. 557, pl. 709.
明十五/十六世紀 青花牡丹紋盤
