Lot description
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505) Well potted with low rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, finely painted in underglaze-blue with a central gardenia spray bearing two flowers and one bud, the cavetto with separate sprays of nine grapes on a leafy vine, a beribboned lotus flower and pod, a gnarled branch laden with two pomegranates and a persimmon branch with two fruits, the exterior with seven rose blossoms on a continuous meander, all on a rich Imperial yellow ground within double-line borders 10 1/4 in. (26.2 cm.) diam., box
