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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT BLUE AND

WHITE REVERSE-DECORATED ‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

well potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, the decoration all reserved in white
against a rich sacrificial blue glaze, the interior centred with a large medallion enclosing a flowering pomegranate spray with two
open blooms and three attendant buds, interspersed with curling foliage, surrounded by a frieze along the well with four detached
fruiting branches of peach, lychee, loquat and persimmon, each rendered at one of the four cardinal points, the exterior with four
large lotus sprays, the blooms and curling foliage lightly incised to render subtle veining, with a cartouche below the rim inscribed
with a six-character reign mark, the base left unglazed and burnt orange in the firing
29.5 cm, 11⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2007, lot 839 and back cover.
LITERATURE
Julian Thompson, The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009, pl. 13.

HK$ 25,000,000-30,000,000
US$ 3,190,000-3,830,000

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