Lot 130 A Chinese blue and white 'Crane' saucer dish

A Chinese blue and white 'Crane' saucer dish

Jiajing mark and of the period

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€ 12.000 – € 18.000

O: Diam. 12 cm

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A fine and vibrant saucer dish, with shallow rounded sides rising to a broad, flat everted rim, finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a solitary crane standing upon one leg atop a rocky outcrop beneath the spreading branches of an ancient pine tree, accompanied by flowering plants, lingzhi and bamboo, with distant rockwork and stylised clouds completing the tranquil landscape. The central scene is enclosed within a double ring, while the broad rim is decorated with a continuous scroll border reserved in white against a blue-washed ground. The exterior is painted with alternating flowering sprays and leafy branches above the foot.
此盤製作精細，青花發色鮮麗。淺弧腹，口沿寬闊平折。盤心青花雙圈內繪松鶴圖：一隻仙鶴單足立於山石之上，頭頂蒼松枝幹舒展，四周花卉、靈芝與修竹相映，遠處山石及流雲隱現，意境清幽。寬折沿以青花為地，留白繪連續卷草紋。外壁近足處飾折枝花卉與花葉紋，彼此相間。
Literature:
A related example of the same form, with two cranes, is in the collection of the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istunbal, illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, 'Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul', vol. II, pp. 692-693, no. 1152.
Provenance:
A British private collection.
Marchant, London, with their label to the reverse.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2014.
Exhibited and illustrated:
Marchant, London, included in their May 2014 exhibition of 'Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing', and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 34-35, no. 17.