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Lot 434

A large Chinese celadon Dish, inscribed with the name of Jan Bayg, and dated AH 1051/ AD 1642
China, 15th Century

29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,126 inc. premium

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A large Chinese celadon Dish, inscribed with the name of Jan Bayg, and dated AH 1051/ AD 1642
China, 15th Century

the central medallion enclosing a trellis diaper design, the border with meandering lotus vine, the rim with classic scroll motif, the exterior with an inscription-filled cartouche
44 cm. diam.

Footnotes

There are three Jan Baygs recorded by M. Athar Ali during Shah Jahan’s reign (M. Athar Ali, The Apparatus of Empire, Delhi, 1985): Jan Bayg, the Bakhshi of Shah Shuja’ in AH 1058/ AD 1648-9 (p.231); Jan Bayg Haravi, Sobedar of Orissa in the year AH 1058/ AD 1648-9 (p. 233); Jan Bayg, son of Murad ‘Ali who received the rank of 100 zat in the year AH 1063/ AD 1652-3 (p. 275).

Two dishes of similar design can be seen in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul (Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, Vol. I, London, 1986, p. 36, nos. 387 and 388a.

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