A BLUE AND WHITE `FISH` DISH

Lot 2806
30.05.2023 05:00UTC +00:00
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HKD 226 800
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ID 960137
Lot 2806 | A BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' DISH
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HKD 100 000 – 150 000
A BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' DISH

WANLI FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

The interior is decorated with a central medallion enclosing two carp swimming amidst water weeds. The decoration is repeated on the exterior with five fish, and the base is inscribed with a four-character mark in seal script reading dehua changchun (influence with virtue, everlasting spring) within a square and further surrounded by a Wanli four-character seal mark.

6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London, June 1927, as recorded in the RHRP ledger

The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. C82
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