Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 144
A CHINESE SANCAI SQUARE DISH
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A CHINESE SANCAI SQUARE DISH
LIAO DYNASTY
The flared body rising to a barbed rim, moulded to the centre with a chrysanthemum bloom surrounded by four large leaves, with eight further panels enclosing flowers to the cavetto, decorated in green and amber against a cream ground, the base left unglazed, 12.4cm.
Provenance: formerly a Japanese private collection; Uragami Sokyu-do Co, Ltd, Tokyo.
Cf: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), pp.278-279, no.253 for a similar dish; see also R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, pp.174-175, no.311 for another comparable example.