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A YELLOW-GLAZED DISH John Alexander Pope mentions that in 1611, Shah Abbas dedicated a group of
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A Chinese porcelain to the Ardebil Shrine, among which sixteen of those were
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505) monochrome yellow-glazed wares dating to the Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing
The dish is fnely potted with rounded sides and a slightly everted rim. It is and Wanli periods. See J. A. Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine,
covered inside and out with a glaze of soft yellow tone, and the base which Washington, 1956, p. 151.
bears the mark is glazed white.
8¿ in. (20.7 cm.) diam. 明弘治 黃釉盤 雙圈六字楷書款
£20,000-30,000 $27,000-39,000
€23,000-33,000 來源: 英國私人珍藏
Several Hongzhi mark and period yellow-glazed dishes have been published,
including one held in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul, illustrated by R.
Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, p. 447,
no. 774; and another one found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, Fribourg, 1986, pl. 113.

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