Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
78
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DOUBLE-PEONY DEEP DISH
Yongle Period (1403-1425)
Diameter 15 7/8 inches (40.3 cm)
The body is potted from a finely grained paste, carefully finished underneath and with a sandy-gray color. The cavetto is painted within a double-line border with two peony sprays on rose like stems. The wall is painted with eight stylized floral sprays on running foliage and the flat rim is painted with eight small sprays of various flowers. The exterior is decorated with a band of ten stylized lotuses.
PROVENANCE:
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 12 December 1969, lot 214, Spink & Son as agent
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, London, 1986, vol. II, no. 597, p. 417, an example with clusters of plants in the border
Seattle Art Museum, In Pursuit of the Dragon, an Exhibition from the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Seattle, 1988, no. 19
John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, D.C., 1956, pl. 32
Regina Krahl, Orientations, June, 1987, p. 24
J.M. Addis, Chinese Porcelain from the Addis Collection, no.15, p. 43 and color plate
CONDITION:
Restored breaks. Due to the acrylic coating, the exact state of damage cannot be accurately determined
Sold for $17,500
Estimated at $8,000 - $10,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DOUBLE-PEONY DEEP DISH
Yongle Period (1403-1425)
Diameter 15 7/8 inches (40.3 cm)
The body is potted from a finely grained paste, carefully finished underneath and with a sandy-gray color. The cavetto is painted within a double-line border with two peony sprays on rose like stems. The wall is painted with eight stylized floral sprays on running foliage and the flat rim is painted with eight small sprays of various flowers. The exterior is decorated with a band of ten stylized lotuses.
PROVENANCE:
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 12 December 1969, lot 214, Spink & Son as agent
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, London, 1986, vol. II, no. 597, p. 417, an example with clusters of plants in the border
Seattle Art Museum, In Pursuit of the Dragon, an Exhibition from the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Seattle, 1988, no. 19
John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, D.C., 1956, pl. 32
Regina Krahl, Orientations, June, 1987, p. 24
J.M. Addis, Chinese Porcelain from the Addis Collection, no.15, p. 43 and color plate
CONDITION:
Restored breaks. Due to the acrylic coating, the exact state of damage cannot be accurately determined
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
