A RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH FOR THE PORTUGUESE MARKET
WANLI (1573-1619)
A RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH FOR THE PORTUGUESE MARKET WANLI (1573-1619) With rounded sides and wide flaring rim, boldly painted in shades of cobalt blue with two confronted Buddhist lions below tree peony and peach blossom branches at the centre, three butterflies in flight alternating with three clusters of fruit and foliage, and the border with a repeated design of the façade of a monastery divided by pairs of figures beside two lions chained to a T-shaped post, amongst vases of flowers and clusters of stylised foliage, a solitary figure on horseback below a crane in flight approaching one of the buildings, the reverse with two sketchily drawn thorny bushes and a simple line just below the rim and another above the foot rim 14½ in. (47 cm.) diam.
A RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH FOR THE PORTUGUESE MARKET
WANLI (1573-1619)
A RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DISH FOR THE PORTUGUESE MARKET WANLI (1573-1619) With rounded sides and wide flaring rim, boldly painted in shades of cobalt blue with two confronted Buddhist lions below tree peony and peach blossom branches at the centre, three butterflies in flight alternating with three clusters of fruit and foliage, and the border with a repeated design of the façade of a monastery divided by pairs of figures beside two lions chained to a T-shaped post, amongst vases of flowers and clusters of stylised foliage, a solitary figure on horseback below a crane in flight approaching one of the buildings, the reverse with two sketchily drawn thorny bushes and a simple line just below the rim and another above the foot rim 14½ in. (47 cm.) diam.
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