Finely and thinly potted, supported on a straight, short ringed foot, the thinly potted flaring sides rising to a six-lobed foliate rim, a raised line of slip separating each petal. The interior masterfully incised with a peony flower and foliage.
Glazed overall in an exquisite translucent pale blue.
Diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 inches)
Provenance: An English Private Collection
An identical six-lobed incised peony dish of comparable shape and size in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Liang Song Ci Qi, 1996, no. 160, p. 176. Another example from the Ingram Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Accession no. EA1956.809
Finely and thinly potted, supported on a straight, short ringed foot, the thinly potted flaring sides rising to a six-lobed foliate rim, a raised line of slip separating each petal. The interior masterfully incised with a peony flower and foliage.
Glazed overall in an exquisite translucent pale blue.
Diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 inches)
Provenance: An English Private Collection
An identical six-lobed incised peony dish of comparable shape and size in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Liang Song Ci Qi, 1996, no. 160, p. 176. Another example from the Ingram Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Accession no. EA1956.809