A finely painted blue and white 'lotus' dish, Ming dynasty,...
A finely painted blue and white 'lotus' dish,
Ming dynasty, Yongle period
明永樂 青花纏枝蓮紋盤
potted with rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot, finely painted to the interior with an undulating lotus scroll bearing six blooms, surrounded by another lotus scroll and a classic band, the exterior similarly decorated with a chrysanthemum scroll between a keyfret and classic scroll, the base left unglazed
28 cm
Condition Report:
Minor restoration to a section of the rim (approx. 13.5x3.5cm), to consolidate hairlines and fill in some small losses. Another minor restoration to a star crack (approx. 3.5cm) on the rim. The footring with an approx. 3cm hairline.
口沿見約13.5 x 3.5公分修補，修復沖線及小處填補。口沿另見一處約3.5公分雞爪紋經修復。足沿一道約3公分沖線。
Catalogue Note:
The present dish exemplifies the quality and simple vigour that characterises Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain of the Yongle period, with the lotus scroll motif expertly painted and positioned that is aesthetically most pleasing. The design appears to spread into the surrounding space with rhythmic dynamism. While plants on early fifteenth-century porcelain are generally naturalistically rendered, the lotus is commonly depicted in a stylized form with fancy curly leaves, as seen on the centre of this piece.
Dishes of this design but of this small size are rare. See a similar dish of comparable size formerly in the collection of L.A. Basmadjeff and Meiyintang, sold twice in our rooms, first in our London rooms, 14th March 1972, lot 129, and again in these rooms, 4th October 2011, lot 24. Compare also a dish from the Ardebil Shrine, Iran, included in John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, D.C., 1956, pl. 36, bottom right.
明代瓷器上之植物紋飾，花朵及葉片大多呈現自然而對稱的排列方式。而蓮紋的呈現則有兩種方式：一種為自然呈現，講究形似；另一種則經以意創造，略重神似，葉片捲曲而繁複，裝飾性稍強，如盤心所繪。此永樂青花盤雅致流麗，卷葉與花莖優雅相連，輕重錯落，宛如音韻美樂，布局縝密均衡。
如本盤尺寸例較為罕有，可參考 L.A. Basmadjeff 及玫茵堂遞藏例，兩度售於蘇富比，分別為倫敦蘇富比1972年3月14日，編號129，及香港蘇富比2011年10月4日，編號24。類同紋飾瓷盤，亦曾供奉於伊朗阿德比爾神廟，收錄於 John Alexander Pope，《Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine》，華盛頓，1956年，圖版36（右下）。
Provenance:
Christie's Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, lot 420.
香港佳士得1990年10月8日，編號420
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A finely painted blue and white 'lotus' dish,
Ming dynasty, Yongle period
明永樂 青花纏枝蓮紋盤
potted with rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot, finely painted to the interior with an undulating lotus scroll bearing six blooms, surrounded by another lotus scroll and a classic band, the exterior similarly decorated with a chrysanthemum scroll between a keyfret and classic scroll, the base left unglazed
28 cm
Condition Report:
Minor restoration to a section of the rim (approx. 13.5x3.5cm), to consolidate hairlines and fill in some small losses. Another minor restoration to a star crack (approx. 3.5cm) on the rim. The footring with an approx. 3cm hairline.
口沿見約13.5 x 3.5公分修補，修復沖線及小處填補。口沿另見一處約3.5公分雞爪紋經修復。足沿一道約3公分沖線。
Catalogue Note:
The present dish exemplifies the quality and simple vigour that characterises Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain of the Yongle period, with the lotus scroll motif expertly painted and positioned that is aesthetically most pleasing. The design appears to spread into the surrounding space with rhythmic dynamism. While plants on early fifteenth-century porcelain are generally naturalistically rendered, the lotus is commonly depicted in a stylized form with fancy curly leaves, as seen on the centre of this piece.
Dishes of this design but of this small size are rare. See a similar dish of comparable size formerly in the collection of L.A. Basmadjeff and Meiyintang, sold twice in our rooms, first in our London rooms, 14th March 1972, lot 129, and again in these rooms, 4th October 2011, lot 24. Compare also a dish from the Ardebil Shrine, Iran, included in John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, D.C., 1956, pl. 36, bottom right.
明代瓷器上之植物紋飾，花朵及葉片大多呈現自然而對稱的排列方式。而蓮紋的呈現則有兩種方式：一種為自然呈現，講究形似；另一種則經以意創造，略重神似，葉片捲曲而繁複，裝飾性稍強，如盤心所繪。此永樂青花盤雅致流麗，卷葉與花莖優雅相連，輕重錯落，宛如音韻美樂，布局縝密均衡。
如本盤尺寸例較為罕有，可參考 L.A. Basmadjeff 及玫茵堂遞藏例，兩度售於蘇富比，分別為倫敦蘇富比1972年3月14日，編號129，及香港蘇富比2011年10月4日，編號24。類同紋飾瓷盤，亦曾供奉於伊朗阿德比爾神廟，收錄於 John Alexander Pope，《Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine》，華盛頓，1956年，圖版36（右下）。
Provenance:
Christie's Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, lot 420.
香港佳士得1990年10月8日，編號420
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