A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DISH, JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE IN A LINE WITHIN A RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE IN A LINE WITHIN A RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The heavily potted dish has rounded sides rising from a tapering foot, and is decorated in the interior in bright blue tones of underglaze blue with a large medallion enclosing leafy meander bearing cockscomb flowers, below sprays of pomegranate, peony, chrysanthemum and peach in the cavetto, and the exterior is decorated with three repeated groups of the 'Three Friends of Winter', pine, prunus and bamboo, and the reign mark written in a line within a rectangle at the rim.
20 in. (51 cm.) diam.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION