No connection to server
Theme auctions online
Helsinki Winter Sale F504
Auction:
Selected Gifts E1128
Auction:
Curated Timepieces – November F529
Auction:
Josef Frank and Friends – Winter Edition F534
Auction:
Jern's Weapon Collection E1122
Auction:
A Swedish Private Collection F578
Auction:
The Beautiful Line F593
Auction:
Design Jewellery Online E1100
Auction:
1298
1601513

A blue and white ming dish, 16th century.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
712 - 890 EUR
726 - 907 USD
Purchasing info
What will the transport cost?

Packaging and insurance

All items sent from Bukowskis are fully insured and carefully inserted in discreet packaging to protect your unique item.

How do I book a transport?

When the payment is settled, you're welcome to book transport on My Pages

When will my item be delivered?

Your order will be prepared within 2-5 days after the transport is booked. You will receive a message by mail, text or phone when your item is on its way. Please note, when making payment via Klarna, that the address for home delivery must be the same as your invoicing address.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A blue and white ming dish, 16th century.

Rounded sides, decorated with a central motif depicting a river scape with peaking mountains and tall pagodas. Further around the rim there is a border decoration wtih egrets in a lotus pond. Diameter 35.5 cm.

Restored chips, cracks, chips.

Provenance

Purchased at auction by the present owner, previously in the collection of Johanne Huitfeldt.

Johanne Huitfeldt (1932-2023) was a well known Norwegian art historian and curator at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. She took a special interest in East Asian Art and it was due to her that the museum in Oslo got a permanent exhibition of East Asian art and crafts in 1983.

Johanne Huitfeldt released a number of books such as ’General Munthe: eventyrer og kunstsamler i det gamle Kina’, ’Porselenet fra Kina’, ’Ostindisk porselen i Norge’, ’The Munthe Collection in the West Norway Museum of Applied Art’, ’Drømmen om Kina: kineserier fra europeiske slott til norsk folkekunst’, ’Blått som havet: keramisk blåmaleri fra Peking til Porsgrund’. Her last book ’Bergtatt av kinesisk kunst’ was released in 2021 and her last exhibition was held in the summer of 2023, just months before she passed away at the age of 91.

Literature

Compare with dishes in the Collection of The Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, in the Catalogue Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Musum Istanbul, A complete catalogue II, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, on page 685-687.