Lot Essay
Cf. similar examples of this dish, included in the Shanghai Museum Exhibition of Blue and White Wares, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 24; one illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Toguri Collection, pl. 82; one illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, pl. 147; one published by J. Pope, Chinese Ceramics in the Ardebil Shrine, pl. 38, no. 29.52; one included in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, 1949, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 41; and another sold in these Rooms, 23 March 1993, lot 711.
Other examples of varying sizes have also been recorded in collections around the world, such as those illustrated in the Matsuoka Museum Catalogue, col. pl. a54; in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, 15th Anniversary Catalogue, pl. 781; included in the 1957 O. C. S. Exhibition of the Arts of the Ming Dynasty, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 35; in the 1964 London O. C. S. Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 40; in the 1964 Stockholm Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 15; and from the T. Y. Chao Family Foundation, included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art Exhibition of Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain, 1978, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 3.
Other examples of varying sizes have also been recorded in collections around the world, such as those illustrated in the Matsuoka Museum Catalogue, col. pl. a54; in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, 15th Anniversary Catalogue, pl. 781; included in the 1957 O. C. S. Exhibition of the Arts of the Ming Dynasty, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 35; in the 1964 London O. C. S. Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 40; in the 1964 Stockholm Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 15; and from the T. Y. Chao Family Foundation, included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art Exhibition of Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain, 1978, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 3.