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AN EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS BOUQUET' DISH -

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AN EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS BOUQUET' DISH
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    HK$150,000 - HK$200,000
  • ($19,442 - $25,923)

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Sale 2711
the imperial saleimportant chinese ceramics and works of art
27 May 2009
Convention Hall Buy Catalog




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AN EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS BOUQUET' DISH
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1424)

Painted at the centre of the interior with a bouquet of lotus flowers, leaves, a seed-pod and aquatic plants tied with a bowed ribbon encircled by three concentric rings below a composite floral scroll of thirteen flower-heads including pairs of chrysanthemum, lotus, peony, rose, hibiscus, camellia, and a single pomegranate flower beneath classic scroll at the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with a floral scroll between key-pattern bands around the foot and a border of classic scroll below the lipped rim, the cobalt with extensive 'heaping and piling', the base unglazed
14 3/8in. (36.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box


明永樂 青花「一把蓮」盤

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