ID 718552
Lot 1044 | A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The central medallion is finely decorated with peonies, all borne on scrolling interlocking stems, beneath the cavetto which is decorated with twelve floral sprays. The everted rim is encircled by a band of wind-tossed waves, and the exterior has a further band of composite foliate scroll, all in bright, inky tones of underglaze blue enhanced by 'heaping and piling.'
15 7⁄8 in. (40.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 12 May 1976, lot 94.
Dr. Ip Yee (19221-1984) Collection, Hong Kong.
Property of the Estate of Dr. Ip Yee; Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 November 1984, lot 181.
Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 145.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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