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        AN EXCEPTIONAL YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE
        ‘GARDENIA’ DISH
        MARK AND PERIOD OF HONGZHI
         明弘治 黄地青花梔子花盤

                     《大明弘治年製》款

                 the shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an
                 everted rim, freely painted in shaded tones of cobalt reserved
                 on a rich yellow ground, the interior with a slightly recessed
                 medallion enclosing a leafy branch bearing two five-petalled
                 gardenia blooms and a tightly closed bud, encircled on the
                 cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, crab apple,
                 grape and a beribboned lotus bouquet, all between double-
                 line borders, the underside with a continuous scroll of seven
                 large blooming roses borne on a foliate stem, between double
                 lines at the rim and foot, the base left white and inscribed in
                 underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double
                 circles
                    26.1 cm, 10¼ in.
                  HK$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
                  US$ 323,000-452,000

                                         Mark

30 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
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