Asian Art - 22nd May 2007

Lot 760

Two Chinese blue and white large dishes

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £450

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Description

Two Chinese blue and white large dishes, of Zhangzhou type, recovered from the Binh Thuan Shipwreck, each painted with contesting phoenix amidst foliage and with floral panels to the borders, early 17th century, 28cm. (2) Cf. Jorge Welsh, Zhangzhou Export Ceramics, p.79 for a similar example.