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103 Two similar dishes, Wanli mark and period, are illustrated by
A rare blue and white petal-moulded saucer dish J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001,
Wanli six-character mark and of the period nos.11:101 and 11:102, p.313. Another similar blue and white dish,
Finely potted as an open lotus flower, the central medallion with a Wanli period, from the Baur Collection is illustrated by J.Ayers in
Sanskrit character framed by two circles of ruyi heads, the petal- Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Volume I, Geneva, 1999,
shaped body with two bands of sixteen scalloped pedals radiating no.78, pp.132-133. Another related example, Wanli mark and period,
from the centre, the reverse with Sanskrit characters alternating with is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Copper-
flower heads. Red II: The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum,
18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. Beijing, 2000, no.194, p.211, and another in the collection of the
Nanjing Museum was exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland,
£2,000 - 3,000 Ming: The Golden Empire, and published Catalogue, Edinburgh, 2014,
HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000 no.47.
明萬曆 青花梵文蓮瓣盤 青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款
Provenance 來源: J.P.Morgan Collection, U.S.A. no.1190 (label)
S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label)
Roy Davids Collection, no.36, acquired on 3 November 2005
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