A LARGE CHINESE 'SWATOW' DISH 16TH/17TH CENTURY The interior painted in iron-red

A LARGE CHINESE 'SWATOW' DISH

16TH/17TH CENTURY

The interior painted in iron-red, green and turquoise with three phoenix in flight amidst stylised peony flowerheads and leaves, the centre decorated with the twenty-four directions of the compass, with a paper label to the base reading No.2 Rp.Rosso, 38cm.

Provenance: from a Dutch collection, purchased in Indonesia prior to 1975.