A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE DISH QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

painted with a carefully drawn pattern of a composite floral band bearing different stylized flowerheads including lotus, peony, camellia and chrysanthemum on continuous scrolling stems with varied foliage around the interior and exterior and in the central medallion, a border of classic scroll below the rim on the interior repeated above the foot on the exterior and a wide band of key-fret below the lipped rim, seal mark in underglaze blue

There is a very small chip to the rim edge as well as scattered burst air bubbles and iron spots. There are light scratches to the interior and exterior. There is a small piece of kiln grit to the inner foot rim. Otherwise, in overall good condition.
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The dish is based on an early Ming dynasty prototype. Comparable Ming Dynasty examples of this dish include one illustrated by J. A. Pope, Chinese Ceramics in the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 36, 29.119; one in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol. 9, Japan, 1981, pl. 215, formerly from the Gustav VI Adolf collects ion, no. 1940.