Author: --

Size: D27.6cm

Signed and dated: Yongle period，（1403-1424 AD）

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 3,300,000

Published
•S.T. Yeo and Jean Martin，Chinese Blue and White Ceramics，p. 84，fig. 29
• Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection，vol. 2，no. 665
• Marchant in exhibition of Imperial Chinese Porcelain，Ceramics & Works of Art，2013，no.1，pp.4/5

PROVENANCE
• Formerly in the collection of a gentleman，
• Christie’s London，4th June 1973，Lot 106
• Purchased by Hugh Moss
• Formerly in the Meiyintang Collection
• Sotheby’s Hong Kong，4th April 2012，Lot 37
• The S Marchant & Son，no.M2923

A blue and white dish with steep rounded sides and lipped rim painted in the centre with a bouquet of tied lotus flowers，leaves，buds，arrow heads and a lotus pod，together with other water plants and grasses，encircled by three concentric rings，the cavetto with thirteen flowerheads on a continuous scrolling branch consisting of pairs of camellia，hibiscus，tree peony，rose，lotus and chrysanthemum and a single pomegranate flower，beneath a band of“classic7 scrolls at the rim，the exterior with a similar composite scrolling branch including a pair of narcissus，between a“classic’ scroll and a keyfret band，the unglazed smooth white biscuit base revealing traces of burnt orange in the firing.