A CHINESE SWATOW DISH

WANLI 1573-1620

Painted in turquoise, black and iron-red with a central roundel containing pagodas at the water's edge, a range of mountains in the distance, the wide rim with four seal script panels divided by cartouches of figures with boats, 39.3cm.

Cf. For a similar dish given as a gift by Gerald Reitlinger in 1978 see The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Accession number EA1978.1074.