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Object 2011007

Dish

China

1700-1720

Height 46 mm (1.81 inch), diameter of rim 227 mm (8.94 inch), diameter of footring 142 mm (5.59 inch), weight 479 grams (16.89 ounce (oz.))

Dish on footring, fluted sides and foliated rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a hunting scene illustrating ladies armed with bows riding with hounds after hares. On the sides and rim flowering lotus buds and auspicious symbols. To the reverse sixteen panels each with a flower on a straight stem with leaves. Marked on the base with a six character mark "Da Ming Cheng hua nian zhi", Prepared during the Chenghua reign of the Great Ming Dynasty (AD 1465-1487), in a double circle.

This Amazonian pursuit made these set of dishes a favourite design over more than a decade. The Chenghua mark (1465-1487) was not intended as a forgery, but rather as a compliment to the quality of the piece and to replace the mark of Kangxi who had forbidden the use of his name on porcelain made for export after 1682, a ban which nominally remained in force until the late 19th century. (Howard 1994, p.42)

In the Netherlands this design is commonly known as Joosje te paard which is common on porcelain of the early 18th century. The sixteen panels on the reverse each decorated with a flower on a straight stem with leaves is a design that can also bee seen on dishes with the so called 'aster dishes' design. (Jörg 1982/1, p.156), (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.95)

For similarly decorated dishes, please see;

Condition: A hairline, three chips, four frits and various tiny rough spots to the rim.

References:

Visser 1930, cat. 6

Ottema 1943, cat. 214

London 1957, cat. 8

Jörg 1982/1, p.156

Lunsingh Scheurleer 1989, cat. 70

Howard 1994, cat. 8

Davison 1994, no.1334.

Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.95

Litzenburg 2003, cat. 14

Jörg 2011/1, cat. 72

Price: Sold.