Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 134
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH 2ND HALF 16TH CENTURY The interior painted with a medallion...
Estimate £5,000 - £7,000 | Hammer £6000
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Description
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
2ND HALF 16TH CENTURY
The interior painted with a medallion containing two phoenix amidst flowers and foliage, with a band of scrolling flowerheads to the rim, the exterior decorated with stylised clouds and cranes in flight, with a simple scroll border to the footrim, the base unglazed, 42.6cm.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Cheng and Frank Lammers.
Cf. C J A Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.38, no.13 for a similar dish.