Asian Art I - 22nd May 2013
Lot 337
A rare Chinese blue and white dish late 15th/early 16th century
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £24000
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Description
A rare Chinese blue and white dish late 15th/early 16th century, painted with peony issuing from rockwork within a band of entwined threads, the rim with six large peony blooms amidst a scrolling foliate design, the reverse with similar decoration, 33.7cm.
Cf. Krahl and Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Vol.II, p.557, no.709 for a similar dish.
十五/十六世紀 青花長命富貴大盤