A large blue and white dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Tietoa ostamisesta
Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
Rounded sides, tapering footrim, unglazed base. Decorated to the center with a conch shell in a lotus pond, the exterior of the rim further decorated with a continuous lotus pattern. Diameter 32 cm.
Crack.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Purchased at Bukowskis, Sale 542, lot 1821.