A rare pair of blue and enamelled moulded dishes
Circa 1620-1645
Each finely moulded with upright petal rims with a brown-dressed edge, delicately painted with a crouching hare by rockwork with a bird in flight above, the undersides with three leaves and clouds, the bases with apocryphal Chenghua marks.
14.5cm (5¾in) diam. (2).
Each finely moulded with upright petal rims with a brown-dressed edge, delicately painted with a crouching hare by rockwork with a bird in flight above, the undersides with three leaves and clouds, the bases with apocryphal Chenghua marks.
14.5cm (5¾in) diam. (2).
Sold for
£2,880
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Ove Stenbeck Collection, no.53
Exhibited: Den Befriade Penseln. 300 År av Kinesiskt Porslin och Konsthantverk. Collection Stenbeck, Heinola, Finland, 4 June - 3 September 2000
Compare a similar pair of dishes illustrated by S.Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, London, 1989, Catalogue no.100.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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