A RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE 'PEONY' DISH 17TH CENTURY

the robustly-potted rounded sides rising from a short straight foot and freely carved to the interior with a large peony spray 

This rare dish is in very good overall condition with the exception of some minor firing imperfections including iron-spot glaze imperfections, pinhead-sized glaze holes and glaze scratches predominantly to the interior.
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A closely related dish was included in the Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, S. Marchant and Son, London, 1994, cat. no. 118; and two examples in the Hickley collection are illustrated in Rose Kerr, Blanc de Chine. Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, pls 132 and 134. See also a pair of dishes sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26^th April 2004, lot 1073; one sold in our New York rooms, 8^th May 1980, lot 216; another sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 20^th November 1984, lot 493; and a fourth example sold at Christie's London, 13^th November 1984, lot 377.