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元 青花荷塘鴛鴦紋盤
Provenance: The Li Fan Thompson collection, London
來源: 範麗收藏,倫敦
The lotus pond design became popular on large blue-and-white ware, such as dishes and bowls, during the Yuan dynasty - some depicting only the pond, while others include ducks or egrets. See a related blue and white 'twin duck' dish, 14th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Ornament: The Lotus and the Dragon, London, 1984, fig.152. See also a related but larger blue and white dish with ducks and lotus, 14th century, illustrated by J.A.Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, London, 1981, pl.7, no.29.38. And another blue and white dish with ducks and lotus, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.II, London, 1994, p.19, no.637.