Lot 236

BLUE AND WHITE 'DAYLILY' DISH
XUANDE MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY




Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
£6,930
Description
清 宣德款 青花萱草紋盤
potted with shallow rounded sides supported on a short tapered foot, decorated to the interior with a central roundel enclosed within a double circle painted with a flowering daylily with prominent upright pollen-bearing anthers, surrounded by dense foliage issuing from sinuous stems, the exterior freely painted with a continuous undulating scroll bearing five daylilies, each with five delicate petals tapering to the tip, the design further punctuated with curling leaves issuing from the meandering scroll, the base with the six-character apocryphal Xuande mark within a double circle
Dimensions
16.3cm diameter



