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A PAIR OF GE-TYPE FOLIATE DISHES

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

Each dish is well potted with gently out-curved sides and subtle ⒍䩗䁢⬳Ḽ⣏⎵䩗ᷳᶨ炻ẍ℞慱ᶲ塓䧙䁢ˬ慹䴚揝䶂˭䘬
䳘⭮攳䇯叿䧙ˤ⬳⒍䩗䁢㬟ẋ揹啷⭞㇨慵炻⛐⃫ˣ㖶ˣ
ribs on the interior that rise to each notch in the hexalobed rim. 㶭⎬㛅䘮㚱ầ䅺ˤ⒍䩗䘬ầ忈⛐㖶⇅忼⇘Ḯᶨᾳ檀Ⲙ炻味
⚈⭖⺟䚜㍍㌰シ㇨农炻⭋⽟ầ⒍慱☐ㆸ≇䘬⽑⍇Ḯˬ慹䴚
It is covered overall with a greyish-cream glaze with a dense 揝䶂˭䘬䈡⽝炻ょ攳䇯仢᷷Ⰼ㫉炻慱朊䍣䐫⃱デ⻟炻Ṏ䃉
㶙刚偶橼ˤ⎗⍫侫ᶨẞ⃫/㖶⒍䩗剙⎋䚌炻ⓖ㕤楁㷗Ἓ⢓
network of dark brown crackles interspersed with light brown ⼿炻2015⸜6㚰3㖍炻㉵⑩3212嘇烊ẍ⍲ᶨẞHugh Shire慓
ⷓ冲啷䘬㖶⇅⒍䩗剙⎋䚌炻ⓖ㕤楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿炻2015⸜10㚰6
crackles, with the exception of the foot ring which is burnt orange 㖍炻㉵⑩124嘇ˤ㭼庫㶭⭖冲啷䘬ᶨẞ⭋⽟ầ⒍䩗卲䒋䚌炻
会曺剙˪⣏㖶⭋⽟⸜墥˫ℕ⫿㤟㚠㫦炻庱㕤˪㖶ẋ⭋⽟⭀
in the firing. 䩗卩厗䈡⯽⚾抬˫炻⎘⊿炻1998⸜炻194-195枩炻䶐嘇70ˤ

4 æ in. (12 cm.) diam., box (2)

HK$240,000-350,000 US$32,000-45,000

Characterised by their glazes with a network of fine crackles in golden
and iron tone, Ge wares represent one of the most revered wares of
the Song dynasty. Ge wares were not only appreciated in their own
era, but have been treasured and imitated in the following dynasties.
The early Ming period marked a height of imitating Ge wares since
the imperial patronage was given in such efforts. As a result, early
Ming Ge-type wares successfully resembled the so called ‘iron-wire’
and ‘golden thread’. However, the glazes of early Ming Ge-type wares
are glossier than their Song prototypes and their fine biscuit body
reveals white colour, which is typical of the Jindezhen wares. Compare
a Yuan/Ming Ge-type foliate dish sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June
2015, lot 3212 and an early Ming Ge-type barbed-rim dish from the
collection of Dr. Hugh Shire, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong 6 October
2015, lot 124. Compare also a Ge-type chrysanthemum dish bearing
Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue, illustrated in National
Palace Museum, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-
te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, 1998, pp. 194-195, no. 70.

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