Million-Dollar Rare Ming Dish For Sale
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06-14-2244-0084

Details of the back of a very rare Ming underglaze copper red dish on display at the auction house Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. It was recently discovered within the San Francisco Estate of Elinor Majors Carlisle, where it was used for years as a serving dish for family meals of crab The large 46-centimeter dish dates from the Hongwu Period (1368-98) and is one of very few surviving from this era. The piece carries a pre-sale estimate of one to two million US dollars.
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© 2004 Photo Frédéric Neema

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