TWO CHINESE 'SWATOW' DISHES AND A WUCAI VASE AND COVER

TWO CHINESE 'SWATOW' DISHES AND A WUCAI VASE AND COVER
17TH CENTURY

The larger dish painted in underglaze blue with a marine rose, two European ships and a gigantic fish, the other dish painted in polychrome with a central roundel inscribed with the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches, the vase painted with three lion dogs amidst flowering peony, 42cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. J Welsh, Zhangzhou Export Ceramics, the So-Called Swatow Wares, p.27 and pp.133-137, for two closely related dishes.