A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH

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HKD 5 040 000
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29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 2976 | A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH

YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)

The dish is painted in rich vivid tones of cobalt blue with three branches of grapes suspended from slender vines bearing coiled tendrils and broad leaves, surrounded on the cavetto by a composite floral scroll comprising lotus, camellia, lily, aster, chrysanthemum, gardenia, morning glory and lingzhi on an undulating leafy stem. The design is repeated on the exterior, the slightly sloping everted rim decorated with a border of breaking waves, the base is unglazed.

14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) diam.





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Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 November 1980, lot 225
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