Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 227
A CHINESE SWATOW DISH FOR THE ARABIC MARKET WANLI 1573-1620 Painted in red and green enamels with...
Estimate £4,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3800
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A CHINESE SWATOW DISH FOR THE ARABIC MARKET
WANLI 1573-1620
Painted in red and green enamels with eight circular medallions, with extracts of the Quran surrounding a larger medallion with further calligraphy, a Japanese wood box, 37.5cm. (3)
Cf. S Adhyatman, Zhangzhou (Swatow) Ceramics, Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries Found in Indonesia, p.60, pl.216; see also B Harrison, Swatow, Museum Het Princessehof, p.234, pl.205.