A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH

Lot 2976
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 5 040 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 861910
Lot 2976 | A BLUE AND WHITE ‘GRAPES’ DISH
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HKD 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
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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