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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PETER M. GREINER White-glazed dishes of Xuande date of the same size as the
present dish include one in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
1319 Sedgwick, included in the O.C.S. Exhibition of Monochrome
A RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED DISH Porcelain, London, 1948, no. 110, and one sold at Christie’s New
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE York, 29 November 1990, lot 174.
BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1426-1435) 明宣德 白釉盤 雙圈六字楷書款
The dish has shallow, rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted
rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of milk-white tone. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PETER M. GREINER

6¬ in. (17 cm.) diam. 1320
A RARE ‘SACRIFICIAL RED’ DISH
$12,000-18,000 XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
PROVENANCE The dish has shallow rounded sides raised on a tapering foot that
rise to a slightly everted rim, and is covered inside and out with a
John Alexander Pope Collection. glaze of soft crushed-strawberry-red color below the white rim.
Sotheby’s New York, 21 November 1973, lot 293.
Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 1976, lot 117. 7æ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.
Dr. Peter M. Greiner (1940-2013) Collection. $60,000-80,000

EXHIBITED

Battle Creek, Michigan, A Walk Into China’s Past, 1980-1981, no. 60.

LITERATURE

Dr. Peter M. Greiner, A Walk into China’s Past, Michigan, 1980,
no. 60.

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