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A BLUE AND WHITE 'MANDARIN DUCKS' DISH Yuan Dynasty image 1
A BLUE AND WHITE 'MANDARIN DUCKS' DISH Yuan Dynasty image 2
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Lot 128

A BLUE AND WHITE 'MANDARIN DUCKS' DISH
Yuan Dynasty

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'MANDARIN DUCKS' DISH

Yuan Dynasty
With gently rounded sides above a short straight foot, the interior painted with two mandarin ducks in a lotus pond, within a wide band of continuous scrolling flowering foliage, the sides with an upward lappet band, each lappet enclosing a three-point cloud, the base unglazed with a painted florette.
15cm (5 7/8in) diam.

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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.

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