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A Chinese blue and white dish, 1488-1505, Early Ming Dynasty,…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
21-Nov-2011
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Description:
A Chinese blue and white dish, 1488-1505, Early Ming Dynasty, Hongzhi. Reverse decorated with large lotus flowers in the centre surrounded by eight alternating lotus and cloud design, the outside rim with prunus scrolls and seven islands on a wave boarder, Jingdezhen kilns. 32.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Lena Shoal shipwreck, Philippines, 1997. For similar examples see the exhibition catalogue 'Sunken Treasure: Fifteenth Century Chinese Ceramics From the lena Cargo', Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and the Hilti Foundation, London, Sept-Dec 2000
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Unclassified