ID 861910
Lot 2976 | A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH
Estimate value
HKD 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
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.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 November 1980, lot 225
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongle period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongle period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
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