Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'BARBED' DISH
Yongle Period (1403-1425)
Diameter 17 5/8 inches (44.8 cm)
The cavetto is painted within a shaped, double-line border with a grapevine with tendrils supporting three clusters of grapes. Along the surrounding wall are twelve stylized sprays of alternating peonies and lingzhi and the flat rim is painted with a band of simplified flowerheads and foliage. The exterior is also painted with stylized flowerheads.
PROVENANCE:
His Excellency Polys Modinos, sold Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1969, Spink & Son as agent
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, London, 1986, vol. 1, no. 606, p. 514
John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, D.C., 1956, pls. 37, 38.
Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol. 1, no. 7
CONDITION:
Tiny rim frits
Sold for $325,000
Estimated at $100,000 - $150,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'BARBED' DISH
Yongle Period (1403-1425)
Diameter 17 5/8 inches (44.8 cm)
The cavetto is painted within a shaped, double-line border with a grapevine with tendrils supporting three clusters of grapes. Along the surrounding wall are twelve stylized sprays of alternating peonies and lingzhi and the flat rim is painted with a band of simplified flowerheads and foliage. The exterior is also painted with stylized flowerheads.
PROVENANCE:
His Excellency Polys Modinos, sold Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1969, Spink & Son as agent
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, London, 1986, vol. 1, no. 606, p. 514
John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, D.C., 1956, pls. 37, 38.
Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol. 1, no. 7
CONDITION:
Tiny rim frits
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Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
