Lot 507. A blue and white scholar's saucer dish, Hongwu four-character mark, 17th century. D. 13 cm. Sold: €4,500 (Est: €2,500 - €3,500). © Nagel

Vigorously painted with a scholar and page boy on a mountain top, the exterior with floral sprays and birds, the base with an apocryphal Hongwu reign mark. 

Exhibited and published: International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 2574 - OCS Exhibition Ming Blue and White, London, 1940, no. 77.

Nagel. Fine Asian Art I, Stuttgart, December 7, 2021