A rare large Chinese blue and white dish Yongle (1403-1424)

finely potted with gently rounded sides rising from a low tapered foot to a broad, everted rim, painted on the inside in rich tones of underglaze cobalt, enhanced with pronounced heaping and piling, with an elegantly arranged flowering peony spray, issuing two fully opened blooms together with smaller buds amongst scrolling, serrated leaves, enclosed by a double-line border and encircled on the incurved well by a continuous peony meander with a narrow band of classic scroll to the rim, the underside further decorated with scrolling lotus, the recessed base unglazed in a pale orange tone, 37.8cm diameter, The present dish belongs to an important group of large blue and white dishes produced at Jingdezhen during the Yongle reign, characterized by their well-potted forms, strong cobalt decoration and fluent brushwork. The centrally placed peony spray is arranged with considerable balance, the blossoms and foliage extending across the broad interior while retaining a pleasing sense of open space. Large dishes of this type were produced both for the Chinese court and for export, and related examples are preserved in collections in China and the Middle East, reflecting the cultural culture A, related, ​, ​dish with floral decoration to the rim is preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in ', The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (I)', , Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 55. Compare also a closely related dish in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession no. 2003.140.1, and an identical example excavated from the early Yongle stratum at the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen. For comparable dishes offered at auction, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 November 1978, lot 63, and subsequently sold at the same auction house, 30 October 2000, lot 105. Further related examples were sold at Sotheby's London, 13 December 1960, lot 67, and 5 November 2014, lot 17. Ming Dynasty Yongle blue and white peony pattern with entwining branches, Condition Report, Condition Report, Riveted and professionally restored, small glaze chips around rim. Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

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