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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
27-May-2008
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Description:
A blue and white charger, Wanli period, the interior painted with insects and flowering plants growing beside rocks in an octagonal landscape medallion, within diaper borders, the shallow widely flared sides with radiating petal-shaped panels of ribboned precious objects alternating with flowering stems, 36 cm diameter. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London. Compare with a similar dish illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 11:107
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified