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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON AND
LINGZHI’ DISH
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
With shallow rounded sides rising from a
short slightly tapered foot to a flared edge,
the interior symmetrically spaced with three
lingzhi clouds scrolls within a double circle,
the exterior with two striding five-clawed
dragons in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls
amid clouds, Japanese wood box.
17.7cm (7in) diam. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明萬曆 青花雙龍趕珠紋盤
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition,
London, 2013, no.32

出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，
「夏季展覽」，倫敦，2013年，編號32

Similar dishes were produced throughout the 572
whole Ming dynasty. See a related Xuande
example illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming
Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
pp.137-138, nos.4:34 and 4:35; see another
example illustrated by J.G.Lee, An Exhibition
of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming
Dynasty at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art, Philadelphia, no.65; for later Hongzhi
example, see Emerald-like blue hue Rises:
Chinese Ceramics donated by the K.S.Lo
Foundation, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.68-69; and
for Zhengde examples, see Gems of Chinese
Art: Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes
from the Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong,
1992, no.82; and another example illustrated
by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the
Meiyintang Collection, vol.II, London, no.687.

Compare with a similar blue and white ‘three-
clouds and dragon’ dish, Wanli mark and of
the period, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 609.

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(another view)

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