Deep Circular Charger with Everted Lip and Blossoming Peony Decor
early 15th century (probably Yongle period)
Dimensions
H. 7.0 x Diam. 40.5 cm (2 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA (by 1963), by inheritance; to Mabel Hobart Wentworth, Washington DC (1963–1969), sold; through [Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, December 1969], sold; through [Spink and Son, London, 1969]; to F. Gordon and Elizabeth Hunter Morrill Collection, Boston/ Del Ray, Florida/ Florence, Italy, (1969–2003), sold; to [Doyle Galleries, New York, September 2003], sold; to [S. Marchant & Son, London, September 2003–March 2005], sold; to [Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, March–August 2005], sold; to Harvard University Art Museum, August 2005. Notes: 1. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963), Harvard College Class of 1906 2. Mabel "Muffie" Hobart Wentworth Brandon Cabot (b. 1936), daughter of Richard Bryant Hobart and Janet Elliott Wulsin (1894–1963) 3. Ferdinand Gordon Morrill (1910–2000) 4. Elizabeth Hunter Morrill (1912–2003)
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